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TX:021 AUGUST 1989 



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TGM NEWS AND PREVIEWS 

Stuti that hapiwned — stuff that wilt, plus the definUfve 
Batman preview: Ocean s game, Burton s film 

ROBIN CANDY'S PLAYING TIPS 

Everything AND the last part of Zak McKracketr 

CENTRE BYTES 

II moves. And gets bigger! State-of-the-arl with Arnica 
dlgilising, In-deptii repon on 16-tiit wordprocessors 
pJu$ printer^ at a budget. Fafnous iKirror novelist 
Ramsey Camipt>ell on coping with word processing. The 
New Yorif Expo, plus aJMhe usual Bytes Bits. 

PLAY BY MAIL RETURNS 

ttohn Woods (the 2nd) explains lite rules 

THE ADVENTURE COLUMN 

An expanded Paul Rigby checks out (heexclttng range 
of exportware' and the latest big adventures, strategy 
games and computer RPGs 

REVIEW CATALOGUE 

A It' format games hit the definitive Uactiine hotspot 



HAND HELD AND LCD 

An Hxc!uslve report from Chicago on the new revolu- 
tion in hand-held games consoles, plus Sam Tramiers 
future vision for Atari and the role of LCD games 

CES REPORT 

Marshal M Rosenthal catshes up with the Batman and 
other assorted super- ho roes at Chicago's big computer 
showcase 

THE DANGERS OF VDUs 

Um a computer? Listen 1o Mei Croucher. M's a fright 
when it comes to the diseases you can catch 

FANTASY GAMES 

John Woods (the 1>s1) gets into Games Workshop's 
RuneOuest and slays perps in the Judge Oredd HPG 

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO... 

Program mefs have planet- sized egos, says Rulh Pracy 
in this first of an irregular series which takes the Jid Off 
the computer world in a light-hearted way 

POCKET VISION 

Met Croucher's run down on the range o1 mln) TVs and 
pocltet video players you can find in Tottenham Crt Rd 

OUR MAN IN JAPAN 

Up-to-date specs on consoles and software from the 
land that gave us cutesy chsractefs, Sliogup and Shusi 



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CENTERING THE BYTES 

Th« traditional summer software stump is well and truly 
with us this month. Even the 16-t>it sector, more than lively 
of latiS, has slowed to a trickJe, but nonetheless, in this 
expanded TGM, you'll find more leatufes Ihan ever before, 

For a start, we've moved Back Bytes to the middle of the 
magazine, so main features can take advantage of some 
Qolour — in this case a TGM Lab report on Amiga dtgitising 
and vid«o applications. Games are important, but with the 
access of greater (and cheaper) memories on i6-brt 
machines and highly improved sohware at reasonable 
prices, users are seeing wider horizons for their oompulers 
and leisure time than zapping errant alien hordes We also 
take a lool< at wordprocessing and printers, the first stage 
toward using DTP applicatiorrs (a futbire TGM Lab exercise 
to watch out for}. 

Obviously enough, with it in the centre we can't calf il 
Baclt Bytes' — Centre Bytes it is then, and if llhal smacks 
of Cenobites, you'd better t>e prepared tor some real tech- 
nical hell-raising in (his and future issues... 

But on the games front, all the hardware action recently 
has been in the States, centred on the Computer 
Eiecironics Stiow in Chscago. We have two reports: one 
general; one on the developing hand-held mactirne war, 
and the relevance It has for us here in Britain in what is still 
really a pre-Nintendo era — will they ever make the move? 



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NEWS 




PREVIEWS 



A PARADOX 



ARCANA wouJd like all TGM 
readois to xmderstand thai 
Mars Cops will not be avail 
atole tim month. But. it's not 
their fault' 

Unfortunately, the program- 
mer has done a bunk and 
walked Out On the Bnstol- 
bssed oranpany, just two 
weeks before the game's 
release. Don't worry, though. 
Mars Coi^ is now planned for 
an early September release. 
And if you're really desperate 
you can travel abroad and buy 
rt at tiie end of August. Now 



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th@ Future U Fmadox. 
Elecinc Dreams produced the 
original film, bm snU don't 
Know wbetbez tbey'U do tbe 
sequels (both Bacfc to ihe 
Future U and Ul are being 
filmed at the sam<e time), AJt 
the other major Olm releases 
have already been picked up. 
Indeed, the Aciivision/Elecftric 
Dreams partnership have 
great potential with 
Ohostbtisters U and Alien m. 
for which they produced the 
original games. Die Hard. 
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Two of TGM — Afcans's Mars C^ps was fscJwfwd to be neariy ready' 



there's a paradox. 

TaUdng of paradoxes, it is 
still uncertain who wiU pick 
up the licence to the new 
Michael i Ft^ fi^ Back to 



CtaiiBtmas is still not out It 
seems as if the Mediagenic 
household are waiting for the 
video release — aren't we aU, 
Talldng of fUms. The Gaioes 



Foxed: Michael J's back afiafn, 
but wt computer...? wuh two 
■equflls n&one's y«t vying (or 
the licence, not even Electric 
Dreams who produced the first 
game 

Machine recently attended a 
special preview showing of 
Indiana Jones and ihe Last 
Crusade {the computer games 
are coming bom US Gold and 
Lucasblm) and a pnvate 
showing of the new Bond film. 
Licence to Kill (out now bom 
Domarkji, at studio 007 in 
Pine wood Studios Tlianks go 
to both companies. However, 
Ocean, who have probably the 
most eagerly awaited licence 
of the year, probably won't 
have a Satmaji preview at all. 
It seems as if Wamer Br<^ 
don't want any pre-viewing of 
the film. So it looks as if you'U 
see a lot of tired out journal- 
ists in the queues when it 
opens on August 11. 



ParSec packs pixel punch 



And after Mais Cops, another 
of those stories that almost 
got away 

As promised in TGM007, 
all these years ago, Elmtech 
Computing have desifjned a 
revolutionary graphics boaid 
for the Alan ST (to released 
m the end oS August), to 
make it mto the super oom- 
putei Atari promised it 
wouMbe. 

But Ehntech aren't limiting 
themselves to the ST, The 
ParSec Graphic Inteiface will 
also be availabte for the IBM 



PC (September/October}. 
Amiga (November]! and pos- 
sibly for the Apple 
Madintcsh. We'll be having a 
full review next month. Sorry, 
taut like over a year ago, 
there are no pictures yet. 
Until then here's a bn of the 
specification to whet your 
appetite. 

The ParSec Graphic 
Interface comes in ewo 
forms; the 4768 (£460) and 
the 8768 (£920). 

Resolution of 1024x768; 
ootour palette 4096 (model 



4768) or 16,777,216 (mode! 
8768 — honest!); maxmium 
colours onscreen 

4096/196,608: and memory 
(video RAM) of 76eK on both 
models. 

It's supported by lots of 
utility software includmg an 
an, CAD/CAM, DTP. ray trac- 
ing and animation packages. 
Ttwce wlU also be some 
'Tecssation software*. Elm- 
tech also have plans for a 
Genlock device and a digitis- 
ing module. 

Can't wait. 



Arcade 
action 
for UK 

Everybody wants to do it but 
nobody ever does it What are 
we talking about, software 
houses and arcade games, of 
course. Somewhere amongst 
every software company s 
future plans is a section enti- 
tlMl arcade development. 
Very nice if you can get it. 

And it finally seems that 
after Ultimate turned mto 
flare t^ produce the Razz 
board for arcade machines, 
everybody else is following 
suH. 

American giants Micro- 
Prose, recently announced 
their intentions to form a sub- 
sidiary company called 
MicroProse Games (MPG). 
dedicated to producing 
arcade products. 

MPG plan to design and 
produce their own hardware 
as the equipment presently 
available is just not up to the 
power of the games they are 
trying to develop MPG hope 
to release their first game in 
autumn of this year. It will 
most likely be a combat lUghi 
sunulator, creatmg 60,0(XI 
polygons per second. An 
arcade fUght simulator, devel- 
oped from the leseaidi used 
In F-19 Stealth Fightei. is also 
planned 

More blood money 

On our side of the Atlantic. 
Psygnosis are also planning 
to get into the aicade act — 
and the consoles and hand- 
held markets. 

After their recent agree- 
ment with First Star, 
Psygnosis are now able to 
develop for all the formats 
you can find First Star games 
on — including com^ps That 
means Psygnosis may soon 
also be seen on the Sega. 
Nintendo and even the new 
Game Boy. 

With more than 30 special- 
ists, the Uyeipool-based oom- 
pany hope to fltorm the con- 
sole market m 1990, which 
they believe will realty oome 
into its own'. 



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News 



Fun School 2 not 
left wing enough 



Top-seJlmg Fun School 2 ttom 
Database has run into a bit of 
political pressure The reooid- 
breaicmg school package — 
the &rst piece of educational 
software to enier the Gallup 
chart — has apparently been 
given the coW shoulcier by 
left-wing educationalists who 
refuse to use the program as 
part of lh«ii teaching courses, 

So mfunated was Tameside 
teacher Shelly Gihson that 
she decided to put pen to 
paper and ask Minister of 
Education. Kenneth Baker, to 
'hit back against the bias of 
left-wing educationalists', 

Shelly, from Poplar Street 
pFiisary School, Audenshaw, 
wrote in nud-June to ask Mr 
Baker to include Fun School 2. 
released ui January of this 
yeai; m the natiooal teaching 
cuTTicuhnn- As yet no reply 
has been received from the 
DoE- 

But what are the objections 
na Fun Schocd 2? 

TArtial they dont like about 
tt — apart from it being based 
on the 3Rs — is that ii 
involves an element of com- 
petition/ says co-author Petei 

Shelly 'Gibson s«n>d9 H^afith 
Bikit 3 copy of Fun $chioM 2, tRit 
mota* In th9 govaf nment haven't 
rvsctad yst... 



Davidson. 'One official in 
Greater Manchester consid- 
ered it old-fashioned- But 
what can you expect from an 
authonty where children at 
one school are required to 
play bongo drums duiing 
maths?' 

But why's it so popular? 
What do the users think o( it? 
'The children love it/ says the 
prunary school teacher. 'They 
aie not Only learning but hav- 
ing fun at the same time,.. 
The national cumculum 
states that more use should 
be made of Infonnation 
Technology and that's eitactly 
what Pun School 2 does 
renuirkably well' And of 
Ktimeth Baker? Well, the 
ball's in his court now, says 
Shelly. 

Fun School 2 is available on 
BBC/Electron. Amstrad. Spec- 
trum and C64 at C9.95 cass, 
£12.95 disk, and on the Atari 
ST, Amiga and IBM PC priced 
E19,9S, 





Ctieap -thrill 

The recent Atari ST Show held at Alexandra House (June 
23-2SCh) was a virtual treasuie trove of bargains. Recently 
ralessed garner were going for budget prices, while you 
CDuld pick up a 520STFM for as little as £200. The soon to- 
be-withdrawn Multiface ST was alto twavily discounted 
(new oopyrigbt laws come into force next month). New 
products launched included a new range of utilities from 
Hi -Soft. K' Spread 3 a spreadsheet from Kuma and The 
Creatoj. a cartoon generator from Signa Publishing. Atari 
were conspicuous in their absence perha ps biding their 
time until the launch of the romouied STE. Undoubted star 
of the show was Elmtech's soon-to-be-reieased ParSec 
graphics sifstem (see ParSec packs pine I punch). For more 
details on new ST products see Toolbox (page SO}. 



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Central 

computer 

show 

The first ever computer show 
to be held in Shrewsbury. 
Sluopshiie, lakes place on 
September 1-2. With more 
than 30 exhibitors from all 
over the Midlaruls and Wales, 
'There are only a handful of 
stands left,' says David Pletts, 
bom of The Computer Room, 
sponsors of this new event. 'In 
the past people in this area 
have had to travel to 
Birmingham, Manchester and 
London. This is very mconve- 
nient, particularly for those 
who live in Wales, Now, for 
the first tiroe, they're getting a 
computer show on their own 
doorstep.' 

The Shrewsbury Computer 
Show will feature games. s«ii- 
ous software, and home and 
business computers. The SCS 
will also be showing computer 
hardware and software for the 
handicapped, with demonstra- 
tions. 

S(^ adinission in Che Music 
Hall. Shrewsbury, is free. 
Contact David Pletts on f0743,) 
231172 for more information. 



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HAMing 
it up 

From Imagiewotks comes 
DDT. a zany game set on 
the planet Shooalc 
waggle Here t 
profitable ptotes^i^jn 
that of Dynamo: 

Debugger (le f\ 
of the variety 
bugs that 
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champagne bott! 
uum cleaner, a I : 
and battery you n 
tackle ten world- 
ed with a Vi. 
pests The Amiga vt 
is one of the first, ii 
THE first game to exploit 
(te, arumate and scroll) 
the Hold And Modify 
mode, with over 4000 
oolourB on screen* VJ^trV. 
out for DDT 

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Compilation corner 



Summer's heie, The^ sun's 
beating down, and who 
wants to pJay a computet 
game? No many people it 
see'ms, ioj summer is notori- 
ously the worst time of Lhe 
year for sofrwaie sales. 
However. Hewson have 
turned the concept on its 
head wtth the release of their 




latest compilation Heaiwai^e. 
Theii latest package is 
designed in postcard form, 
oomplete with stamp (of 
approval?). The compilation 
also features the new Hewson 
logo 

fjeatwai^e, available foi 
C64. Spectnim and Amstrad 
at the end of July priced 
£12.99 cass, £17,99 disk, con- 
tains; Nebulus, FiTBhrd, 
Ranaiama, Netherworld. 

Zya&ps, Impossgibail (Sp, 
AiQslf and All^ykat (CM}. 

Also coming out with oom- 



pilations lately aie Elite, They 
recently announced their 
iiitentiona to stop producing 
8 bit games, to oonoentratie 
on coiiipUation^i. 16 t>Lt prod- 
ucts and — like everyone else 
— consoles. 

Their latest anttiologles are 
entitled The Story So Far. 
Volume 1 (16-bit): Beyond the 
Ice Palacs. Buggy 
Boy, Ihaii Warriors 
and Batileships. 

Volume Z (S-bit): 
Space Karri Bf, Live 
ajid Let Die, 
Overlander. Beyond 
the Ice Pal&ce and 
Hoppin Mad 

Volume 3 (16'bitJ; 
Space Harner, Live 
and Lei Die. 
Bombjack and 

ThundBFcats. Volume 4 (B- 
bit): Ghostbusters. Aliens, 
Wonder Boy. Eideion. Sack to 
the Future and OuarteL 
Volumes t and Z are now 
available for £19,95 and 
£14 99 respectively. Volumes 
3 and 4 are expected in eaily 
Septen±ier. 

More news from Elite \s 
that CommaiJdo and Paperboy 
are almost ready for their 16- 
bit debut. Okay, Elite, enough 
of the old stuff, how about 
some great NEW games, like 
in the good ol' days. 



French quest 




InfogTames jump on the comic conversion bandwagon vfith 
this stylish game by the programmefs of Passengers In The 
Wind. The Quest For The Time-Bird comic has won numerous 
awards, and takes place on the planet Akbai whera magi- 
ciaris, dragons and witches still eidst. The computer same fea- 
tures a knight, a witch- prmcess and a 'stranger' attempting to 
recover the Gonche Of Time from the evil monster Ramor, 
Available on the Atari ST. PC and Amiga nowj 



Paradroid on the Amiga 

Star programmer Andrew Brayisrook is letuming to well-trod 
den territory to produce the smash hit classic. Paradroid, on 
the Amiga, Apparently Bray brook is taking six months to pro- 
gram it, so it's not going to be just a straight port across. 
Despite GraftgoEd leaving Hewson for Teleoom Soft, it seems 
that the Abingdon based company have picked up the rights to 
publish the sequel to their Christmas of 198S hit More nevtfs 
when we get it... 




More tennisU 




WIMBLEDON wiU be long fin- 
ished before Passing Shot is 
I ei eased, but this tennis 
n iiTiP licensed from & Sega 
promises to be a win 
'••A hmageworits {just taki» 
x)k at the arcade sciet n 
lassing Shot will offer an 
impressive array of playlncj 
options along with the obtjtj l 
tory line judges, ball boys eui 

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Available in ilte Autumn for 
aU major forinats, we pcomise 
not to let John McEnioe any- 
wher<e near it. 

In a German 
prison... 

Kayden Garth is a prison 
planet oontroUed by an orbii 
ing space station. But ona 
day contact with the station 
ts lost and chaos threatens to 
. rivelope the world. You oon- 
r:a| fouj characters in a tltis 
intnguing fantasy toloplaying 
game from Germany-basod 
EA3. Out now on tho Amiga 
(pictured: aix>ve, nght), vuHh 
an ST version tc follow soon. 

Get the Vette 

Created using the singulation 
itjchnoiogy that brought you 
Falcon, Spectmm Holobyte 
are set to release Weice onto 
the Amiga. Atari ST and PC 
later in the year. So jam a rac- 
ing helmet on your head and 
choose one of Uie three 
'orvettes on offer as you pre- 
i>are to race through the com- 
pletely accurate streets of 
San Franasoo. {PC screen.} 

Bowled over 

Shock horror, Dr Slimms (a 
brilliant female scientist) has 
been kidnapped' Call in 
Captam Frontier, a retired 
secret service officer- 
Apparently Dr SUmms was 
miniaturised and hidden in a 
mysterious world withm one 
of the laboratory's lerraiiums 




(smaU glass contamers for 
plants), Your job is to rescue 
her and return to the real 
world- Terranum, pron 
grammed by SpUnter vision, 
is available on the Amiga, 
Atari ST and PC on the 
imageworks label in Aulumxi. 
(Amiga screen-) 

Flight fantastic 

The flight sim fanatics among 
you vi^ be pleased to know 
that F-%B ComiJat ?noi will 
finally be available for the 
Amiga (pictured) from Digital 
Integration now-ish A TOM 
Top Score on the ST, the 
Airiiga game should have 
improved somes but other- 
wise be very similar So those 
of you who fancy puUlng 
some fancy aerobatice or 
blasting seven bells out ol a 
vanety of enemy Largets with 
the awesome weaponry at 
your corarnand can start 
queuing now. 

The story so far.» 

You play the pan of EUtred 
the Brave, son of Kmg Eldred 
the Good- Disaster strikei 
when the King i£ poisoned by 
a spiteful wizard called 





Zfindor. Now ycu must battte 
your way Uuough Zander's 
evil mimons to gsiin the anti- 
dole and so save your father 
Released by Delphine 
Software. distnliuced by 
Palace, Castle WainoT wiU be 
available in July for Amiga 
and Atan ST. (Amiga screen-) 



Previews 



THE LAW 



Officer Sob is tbe long sxiffer 
ing star of APB, a hilarious 
oops and robbers game 
which will be the latest con- 
version to appear on the 
impressive Domark/Tensen 
label in a mattet of weeks, il 
not days. This triendly poUce- 
man's task is catch a daily 
quota of criminals, ranging 
from tralfic offenders to mur 
derets. (Atari ST screen.) 



Officer Bob roare off in hia car in APB (top), while In b inort 
fantasy world. Teirhum's attractively shaped screen can be 
5e«n immediatelv below. Below that is a screen fionr Digital 
LDte^ratJODS F-16 Cambat Pilot, and at the bottom of th« pSQe. 
Eldred the Brave tigbtl for his father in Castle Warrior. L«ft 
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Spjelberti showing inter- 
est in a project whtcl^ 
has been boin a Thirties 
period piace antf a t]jg 
- budget cDiTiedy $tan-ln;i 
Bill Murray wnen Ihe 
nim actually started produciion 
many lett t^e latter concept was 
still on, with Michael Keaton 
replacing 81 II Murray. But thank- 
fully, on the smh anniversary Dt 
the comic hero's creation. 
Warner Bros have ^one back to 
the 8a I mam's ominous roots 

Ttre Batman originatect with 
sketches tiy Bob Kane depjciing a 
hero mora demonlG than angehc. 
The man In the baisuEt. Brute 
Wayne, had no superpowsfs ~ 
merely intierttetf wealth ^nd a 
iiuming ottsB^sicn lo fight crime 
born ot witnessing his parents 
gjnnecE down by a muggef at Ihe 
age qI seven. 

Serious commentators see the 
Dark Kniglil as a product ot the 
limes: Amehi::a was only liisi 
recovefing trom the Oeprfisslon, 
a fHiiati Ql terrible poverty w*""* 
vldlenl criminals litce Baby f 
Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, anif 
Capons were regard^ed as^ heroe£ 
tiy many. Tine Batman was as 
rutlilBss. shadowy ar"^ virliially 
as violent as sucli criminals In 
till purstilt Dl vigif ante-style jus- 
Uce, While supporting aulfiortty 
wtien many pestioned ii. his 
characier bordered on the fascist . 
Hence ttie esriy sloriei 
emphasised the relentfess de(" 

tive side ol lus character. 

high-lech gadgets and brutal vio- 
lence. Comics ai the time were 
oltert eitraordinarily violent, 
evenluetly leading to a backlash 
vlilcli lorceil b sweeping code of 
lelt censorship an Ihe industry tn 
1954. Dubious characi«r$ inch as 
Batman were gulled la become 
lianai goodies, in Itie fate Sixties 
Wi Ginractef was gloriously sent 
uji in the fani>ous TV series, 
Devotees ot the original style 
CPU Id oitly groan as IJie once 
intriguing, morally dubious vigi- 
lante was maite an internalianal 
comedy hit by Adam Wasl. 

Since tlien comic books have 
outgrown Ihe sefr-censDr$hip ol 
Ihe Rtiies and in 1986 one at llie 
most innoualive writer/aftlsls. 



The summer of 1989 sees Hollywood dream 
factory cranking out big-budget movies almost 
by the dozen — indtana Jones Jll, 
Ghostbusters i^ Star Trel( V, The Abyss and 
Lethal Weapon II. The first two smashed 
records for first week box office takings, 
records which have. In turn, just been broken 
by 1989's hottest film: BATMAN. Stuart Wynne 
looks at the phenomenon of The Batman. 



Prank Miller, produced Hie Dai 
Knight Returns (£7 95, Titan). 
This graphic novel has sold over 
a mllllen copies and finally made 
people outsliie the comics world 
aware of how grown-up It can be. 
Appropriaiely anougl^i Ihe slory 
begins with The Batman in retire- 
ment, bul an outbreak in crime 
caused by a vicious itreel gang, 
and the release of rehabltitated' 
toes like Ihe Joker and Two Face, 
brings llie Capad Crusader back 
into aclion. Prom pi ly I hereafter 
the new police commissioner 
iss4ies a warranl for his arrast as 
a vigilante. 



crtptwrlter for the Itas 

Batman film, Sam Hamm, h a 
comics bull and some it1 Ihe dia- 
logue m Ihe movie li Inspired 
directly by Dark Knight. The core 
story, however, seems to owe 
most to Ttie Killing Joke (£1J^. 
Titanl by Alan Walctimen" 
Moore Her^ the Joker is a mir- 
rof-imsge at tha Batman: one is 
ttedlcstei) to justice, the other lo 
crime, but botti are mentally 
unbalanced and scliifophrsnic. 
Indeed ai ttie Jokers brand of 
crime created, In some sense, 
the Batman, so the Batman s vigi^ 
tantism in pan creates ttre Joker. 



In Ihe final film, the dubious 
and most fnteres:ting parts ol 'nte 
Batman 5 character have moslly 
stripped away la Hamm's dis- 
pleasure. S2S million inspire 
caution, espectally when director 
Tim Beeilejuice Burton casts 
Wiciiael Keaton as Salman. Tli« 
overatt lone of Ihe picture 
remains disturbing howevsf, with 
JacN Michotson making Ihe Joker 
B mesmerising portrait ol evii. 
And the Balman is certainly no 
grinning. Superman-like uphold- 
er ot The American Way. In one 
ol his tirst meetings with a 
Gotham City criminal he gruffly 
announces; I'm nol going to kiil 
you... I want you to do me a 
favour ... I want you ttll iill yotir 
Irlends about me.. I m Salman.' 

Just as in Ihe comacs the 
Batman sets out to terrorize his 
pmey. The film deals with Bruce 
Wayne's return to Goltiam City, 
and his decision lo become ihe 
Baiman who will, inevitably, kt 
lotted in a spectacular con- 
trontatlon with ihe Jotter. One ol 
tite many Gothamites itirealened 
by this contronlalion is Bruce's 
girlfriend — reporter Vicki Vile 
(played fn fine form by Kim 
Basingerj. 

Another star at the pictort is 
Gotham City itsell. The largesi 
outdoor set since Cteopaira. this 
is 3 breathtaking vision of an 
iirbaTt hell. Production Oeslgner 
Anton Furst has described the 
city as Thirties vision of a city at 
tha Eighliet. II It Itttly to rival 
the Los Angles ol Blade Runner 
H cinema's most aslonishiflg 
vision ol an alterasitye world 
Ttien thert s all Ule Sal devices, 
Including Ihe ominous Batwing 
and 22 foot Baimoblle with tlicii- 
ering afterlitinier and pop-up 
Brawn ing machine guns. 

Tim QuMan has been ott-qHSl- 
ed about ttie lour moit rtcof- 
nised symbols In the woftd, 
these being Coca Cola balUt. 
Mickey Mouse, Ihe swastika and 
ttie Batman logo. Thai logo Is 
now being used to sell a whole 
hpsl of nterthandising, already 
mare ticences have been sold (or 
Balman: The Movie products than 
any other singl^e lifm And Ocean, 
ol course, have the computer 
game licence. 

Balman: The Mavia will be 
Ocean's Itiinf Batman game The 
first was way ba^k in May tgSB 



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Michael Keston (opposite page) 
storrns Jn a$ Ihe new imn-mLis- 
cl^ O^Hc Knighl lacked in bat- 
tie wllh hts arch-erjemy The 
Jokef (Jack Nicholson, bottom 
right, in superbly evil fOfm)^ 
who is after Batman s girlfriend 
V^ki Val6 ([>layed by Kim 
Basinger top, with Kesion). 
Also pictured Iwo screen shots 
from Ocean s forth coming 
game: the Atari ST versian 
~>~^v« and Ihe C€4 beJow. 



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mt wm 
nian and Bemle 

twist on the Krvight Lore-styte 
isometric arcade adveitture. 
De^pite the fsct the main cfiarac- 
ter was perhaps inarie fatman 
tlian Batman tti^e game was a 
massive CDmnnerciai and critical 
success- Head Ow«r H«els. the 
progirammtrs' next game, dra- 
maticatty impraved the game- 
styte but lacking Ihe Satman 



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ttarled that a 

Batmatt fnovfe was attaut 1o be 
maite Ocean thus knew better 
titan most the value ot the 
licence. A meeting was arranged 
with M\e head of Wari^er which 
convefli^ntiy enougtr jjwns DC 
Comics Wilt] one successM 
Batman game already released. 
Oceaii won the licence tor not 

1 

but Bha anottier game based 
purely^ oi^ tt>e c^smilc. Dc«an 
entrusted the taller protect to top 
programminQ team Special FX. 

Ilickscfeen technique to suggest 
Ihe panels qI a c^imlc book. 
Batman: J^e Gaped Crusader 
was another big bit. 

Qlvan the tiype suitoundtng 
the tjtm Batman: The Movie 
coutd well emulate I^oboCi^'s 
recordlireaking slay a1 tfie lop of 
the ctiarts. Accofi^ingly, the 
design of ilie game l^as l»een 
entmsled with Mtk-e Lamt} ^hit 
Dawn Drake, the team responsi- 
ble lof Itie Spectrum/Amstraij 
RobeCop game Following Ocean 
practice since the groundbreaii' 
ing Platoon, ttie 

programming/grapjiic artist learn 
has sought to la How Ihe plot and 
reel of Ihe lil^m as ma^h as pesst- 
ble, rather than simply changing 
the graphics nt an e$tabll$hei} 




Mike Lamb and Dawn Dratia 



game-style. Film tans slieuld be 
warned that reading abottt the 
game's structure rtViSllt ft tot 
aliQuI the til m tool 

Batman: The Movie comes In 
"— separate parts Level one 
place in the Axis Chemical 
ry where Batman must battle 
both cops and rebbers in his pur- 
suit ai Jack Napier (tlie Jokfi-to- 
be). The batarang can be fired te 
^tng iatman above his loss 
Bfonie Comma niiortyte The itext 
level has Batman pairoEling 
Gotham In his Batmotiite. men 
giving chase to the Jokers van. 
Then it's back to tlie Batcave 
w^ere ihe woirtd's greateft detec- 
tive does some chemical analy- 
sis. 

Level four sees Ibe Batman fly- 
ing down a street in the Sa hiving, 
in a Zaixw-style scene he must 
cut ttie repes hrmg batSooits la 
parked trailers without burning 
them. 

Tba linal section is the 
Batmsn/JofeSf canlrontalion in a 
cathedraF. Tfie Cbi version is cur- 
rently being coded by Zacti 
Tawnsend and Andrew Sleigh, 
Hhe program ming/orapbie artisJ 
learn previously responsibte Ittr 
Piatopn and Renegade lit. IB-bil 
conversions should be underway 
as you read ttiis, programmed to 
best exploit ttie host machines. 

All versions should be released 
by September at the normal 
Ocean prices, and reserving 
advance copies mighl be a good 
idea toifowing the example ot 
tickets to tfie supertt movie 

Batman: The Wo vie opens In 
the UK on August 11. 




The 



With Nintendo's 
Game Boy storm- 
ing chainstores 
all over the US 
and Japan, Atari 
rushed their 
announcement 
of their hand- 
held toy for the 
CES in Chicago 
(see report on 
page 21). With a 
full colour LCD 
screen it shook 
the pillars of the 
Game Boy stand. 
Marshal M 
Rosenthal, our 
man in the West, 
found the near- 
est saloon and 
wondered if 
Nintendo had 
met their 
match... 





The Stranger enters th^ (own, 
dusty as rhe dm-filled stra«t 
beneath his feet. Hts poncho slaps 
bac(( and forth against his c^est as 
a CO(d wind bkMr$ &vb smoke Irom 
his chsfool up and away. Th© 
townspeople stare — he has a lean 
and angiy ksok. The fat slienft goe$ 
inside, botts tJ» dow and hides 

The Stf anger enters the satoon. 
He walks to the tiar and oirders a 
drink. A greasy, uiQly man In a gar- 
ish shift comes over and spins the 
Stranger around 

Who do you think you are., 10 
come in heie like you own Itie 
town? Yov must pay respect to our 
leader!' 

Time Leader sifs in a Qomef — 
oblivious to what j^ {lOfng on. IHi$ 
ears are plugged up witti head- 
phones, his eyes ^iued to the tiny 
black and white screen of his 
Game Boy system. 

Yeah — siKM some respect ot 
we'll cul you up.' bellows anoiner. 

The Stranger shrugs off the hand 
upon him. and walks slowly Ofver to 
ihe Leader The Leader lakss Off 
his headphones, and looltE up. 

So wtx3 are you. ttw Man With 

No Name'^ Laui^ier and guffaws 

atiQund throughout l^e bar — untit 

'" Stranger slaps one hand down 

1, waist. 

Ouiet. 

The Leader stands and laoes ttie 
Stranger Siilence hangs in the air 
' " log You can hear it>e dtock on 
jtfall - iidn. loch, lick. lock. 

Two hands nse up as one. The 
Leader is flushed with easy victory, 
ijniti he sees the Atari Portabte 
Entenainment System in the 
Stranger s t\and. 

The Leader fails back, defeated 
— his Game Boy dropped to ttw 
floor. 

An aura ot respect envelopes th* 
bar as the Stranger lurr» and goes 
back oui in 10 the street A voice is 
iward to call after him — Hey 
Mtster. where can I get rrra oneT 

Et wasn't quHe a bar- room scene, 
and the oompetitkjn wasn i invited, 
but Atans sfiil unnarned Color LCD 
Portable Eniertainment System 
made the impad of a ten Don 
weight striking an egg A hunled 
press event called af ehte CES in 
Chicago br<oughi in 20 30 people to 
listen to Atans President, Sam 
Tramiel, expound on bnnging the 
gaming business back to America- 
We haven! t:»een sitting back. 
waiching profits go offshore tQ 
manufacturers wtK} are totally unrfr 
alistic about offering oor\sumers 
value, Tramiel begins 'ii wouldn't 
have dor>e the consumer any good 
il we had simply brought out anoth- 
er grey screen that ont/ offers sim- 
ple, sk}w. flat graph k:s, People 
want and deserve more Tramief'S 



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rema/4(s sasm in defiance to the 
fear of God thai big N has hekJ 
over the gaming comrfiuftity these 
East few years. 

But defiance ccmes easy wfien 
you're hiolding AcBB. and the 
System is impressive {ii shoui<i be 
r>oted that It was designed by a 
team of experts at Epyx software), 
Weighing abokJt a pound and no 
terger than a VMS video cassette, 
a 3 5-inch diagonal color LCD 
screen stands out. Easy to view 
and with a resolution of ieOx-t02 
pixels A buitiin speaker outputs 
(our -channel sourKf. and there's 
also a headphone jack A rocKer- 
pad on ono side perforins direc* 
ttonal functions, while A-B buttons 
oo the othter take care of the activa- 
tion/Hring modes, Sbit technology 
(6502 microprocessor) is gtven a 
big push through a 16 hAHi clock 
— running at least three times 
faster than other units- 16 coEours 
onscreen are selectable from a 
palvtte of 4096. wHh game car- 
tridges ranging from one up lo 1€ 
megabytes. Multiple player games 
are possiible since the system can 
be interlinked with up to e^ht other 
units using a connecting cable (and 
just one game card). A nice touch 
is that the entire screen can Ije 
rotated 1 SO degrees lor left-handed 

players (which Is what the 

second set o* A-B buttons 
are for), and there s a Pause 
button as weiJ, Six penlight 
batteries power the unit, 
which can also run off a car's 
CiQiafette i'ighter of an AC 
adaptor. 

The units are turrted over 
to our greedy little hands, 
and we start playing. Tfw 
SySteiT) fits nicely in our 
hands, the size and weight 
working to gilve it a solid and 
secure feeling. The gan^e 
cart tias a Califomian motif 
(more on that later), and is 
fun to pitay — although my in- 
Be guy i^eeps falling off his 
si^aleboard. Hey, these are 
FIEAL — no wires leading to 
VCR players under a table, 
and we walk around with 
them witfiout noticing any 
horrified looks from Atari. It's 
ti^ to malte a decision 
based on Just a few minutes 
of use, but action onscreen 
was i^kk, entertaining arKJ 
very colorful. Mot rnuch more 
10 ask than that. 

We turn our attention to 
two offljeat-lookirtg guys 
wearing Epyx sweatshihs 
and hangir>g out In the cor- 
ner. These two are prodding 
ind poking the units like they 
were hand puppets In a 
Punch and Judy show, Its 



okay, were toW — ttieyre the sys- 
tem s designers. Jhe tall, thin one 
with the stare tike that of Jasofi 
from Friday the I3th, is RJ Wical — 
software engineer extraordinatrf^ 
His partner (noi as tati and ti&jo 
ediy more normal' looking) is Dave 
Needle, wizard at hardware design 
These are the two guys who creat 
ed the Amige (we knew that the 
4096 ookiur pafette sounded famii 
iar!}. Getting them to hokj sti^tt lor a 
few questions Isn't easy, but an 
electric cattle prod works won- 
ders... 

Mical seems the more vocal of 
the two He pulls out a Tor Our 
£yes Only' notepad and states All 
engineers are jerks'. Needle fakes 
umbrage with that, and corrects his 
partner, All engineers without 
exception are Jert^'. Asked |o 
explain what that means gels the 
gjiswer that hardware designers 
constantly UNDERRATE what can 
be <^rte with their products, But 
wa feel that this project will allow 
great ihings. notes MucaL and they 
both agree that iheir device has 
great potential, since it takes many 
of the problems away from the sofl- 
wafe — lreeif>g the creative pro- 
cess. For instance, perspective 
afid size changes are trandted 
automaiically. with each player 





t>aing provided witii a lirst person 
view of Ihe acUon (when two uniis 
are hooked up m tandem). An 
example would be a race game. 
Each driver views his per- 
spective only, so when a 
second car approaches the 
lead car, the lead car 
becomes larger on the sec- 
ond player's screen. H the 
second player should then 
pass, the first player then 
sees the other car ahead of 
him. 

Noting that the Rrst senes 
of garries will come from 
Epyx, we try to ask a few 
more questions, tjut Mica! 
and Needle can't sit still. 
Besides, Aiari^ personnel is 
teanng aher them trying to 
recover two of the game 
units that they've stucih in 
their pockets! 

Speaking of Epyx, ttiey 
have the inside trade to the 
first series of game carts lo 
be released (makes sense). 
First up will be Monster 
DemoUtion — which enables 
vou and another to go on the 
rampage (tad pun) through- 
out the country. Impossible 
Mission has you trying to 
save the President's daugh- 
ter from a band of terrorists, 
who are protecied in a 
lonress complete with iniilef 
drcids, explosive traps and 
elect rilied floors. Bfue 
Lightning places you In Ihe 
cockpit of a Supefsonic tight 
er jet — taking on all-comers 



Tb«i M«r»hiil gats 

his fnen 
Ail cnain««rf are 
Jertts... claim th« men 
who created the 
Amiga {ii^p l^ft): 
Marshal M Rosenthal 
with aytems deilgnari 
0«ve tiMdIe < left) and 
nj Mical (centre)^ 
Oelow; 'People want 
■trd deserve more...', 
■ays Aiarf's Presifd«flt 
Sam Tramiel at a CES 

Kress conference, 
^hal s h& talking 
atiout? The Atari 
Portable 

EnlE>rtainment System 
(I mm ed lately ainove), 
witti Its brilliant colour 
graphics on games 
such as Biutf 
Lightning. Caiitornia 
C0mBs iind Monster 
Demolition, pictured in 
order on the letl. 



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while Hying to reach the target 
(Ihwe's even a. warbling tone lock 
on' tor Ihe <ire cantroi), Tim» 
Quests and Treasure Chests is an 
advenlure in dark dungeons, filled 
with mean and ugly characiers. 
Survive this and then tfv to handie 
being thrust into Outer Spaco — all 
HI pursuit of the Star Gem. a stone 
ttial bnngs the owner eternal life. 
The Gates of Zendocm chaJtenges 
you 10 fly a stoten spacecraft as 
you attempt to wipe out the cruel 
aliens (some 50 types of them), It 
helps that you're armed with a 
destructor shield, photon bombs 
and neutrino laser Finaliiy. 
Cafitornia Games »S a muHiptayer 



treat that takes you on a whirlwind 
touf of the Golden State, Try your 
hand at such sunny sports as sori- 
:ing, skateboarding, foot bagging 
and BMX bike race (this cart is 
included with ttw system). 

Other con^panies are keeping a 
low profile tor the moment, tnjt the 
talk under the tabies is that those 
now gearing up to develop for the 
Game Boy will also be dipping into 
Atari's Well, 6ul lor right now. it 
does seem thai discretion is the 
only pan of valour being oonsid 
ered. 

The rnint-party is winding down. 
Marketing people dan lo and If o — 
recovering gaiTte units from pur- 



naiisis who are trying to wa!k ihiem 
out of the meeting room. Referring 
to a Cjuole trom a competitor that 
Atari's producl is like using itie 
Ferran to get to the corner grocery 
Store, Tramiet retorts; "I'd rather 
dhve a Ferrari to the corner grocery 
store. Who wouWn't rather have a 
Ferran than a Toyota"? But our 
price is no) ttiial comparable to a 
Ferran.' Tramiel sums it up by not- 
ing ihal It (the Portable Cotour 
Entertainment System) really is US 
technology at its best.' 

The Atari Portable Colour 
Entertainment System will retail in 
the United States for $149.95 
(around COO). 



Below: the two-toot- 
lall After Burner hand- 
held machine, with (to 
the right) a typical 
gam« screen and 
another from Outrun 
which can [» played 
on ^slmiiarEy'Sized 
hand' held 



Handle with 




It all started with the Game and Watch systems of 
the Seventies. Then, the hand-held games market 
went quiet, till now. Last month we introditced you 
to Nintendo's Game Boy — with interchangable 
cartridges. This month Marshal M Rosenthal looks 
at the phenomenon that's sweeping America, and 
is now taking off in the UK: dedicated hand-held 
games... 



Everything seems to be electronk: 
this y«ar. and hartd-held LCD 
qames are very hot, both in saeen 
size and popularity, We know that 
there's a wt^ole new adventure with 
interchangable canrkjges tor the 
Nintendo Game Boy and Atari 
Portable Color Entertainment 
System ^ but small, inexpensive 
■pocketablQ" LCD games still com- 
mand attention. 

Wrestling is one US sport that 
can't be explained. Suffice to say 
that you either love It or hate it. 
Those who love it will also love 
Acclaim's hand-held verskjn of that 
great American spod (?) WWF 
Wrestfefnania featuring hfuik 
Hogan, The LCD screen enables 
you to rassle' your opponent, while 
avoiding being hit by his chair- 
wielding teammate. Other 
lavourites include Airwott, wttefe 



you go atler missile launchers and 
enemy aircraft, and Rambo New 
ones in the works tqr Ihe holiday 
season include Rodiy and 
Wizards And WamorB (t>ased Oh 
Nintendo s own cart trom last year}. 

Tiger Electronics wont disflf}- 
poiint you either Their line Of LCD 
games include Double Dragon, 
Simons Quest {which displays four 
different stages), Gauntiei and 
Hea\^ Barret — and even video 
adaptations o1 computer garnss 
like World Games. Plus screens 
based on new leies^ision sliows: 
Poiice Acachmy — Ti^ie Series 
being one. Great sight and sound 
is enhanced by auto shui-off and a 
special memory leature that keeps 
the high score Intact when it>e 
power 4S switched olf (as supplied 
by two penlight battenes). 

For serious lun, try Afterburner 



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Over two feet tail it featur&s a Full- 
size ioysTJch and 18 levels. Great 
sound and wamfng alerts make 
tfHS ttie one to fly, Th«n oool down 
on the open road wilti Out Run. 
Shaped like a sports car, this baby 
has a realistic steerrng wlieel, shift 
lever, and five races to master. 
Both have targer-than-avwage 
LCD screens. ar>d keep your high- 
est score in memory (bit heavy on 
the batteries, though). 

Pnobably the neatest from Tiger 
is Sugar Ray Leonard's Talking 
Boxing, it even looks like a boxing 
ring" 12 exciting LCD rour>ds — 
tfiere minutes to pummel your foe 
into submission — with a talking 



handed joystick controls combine 
with buttons to let you do it all — 
just remember to watch out tor that 
uppercut! 

Maybe it's not technically a 
hand-held, but Video Tek's 
Electronic Taking Battleship 
Co^nmand is really Somethir>g. 
Based on the popular board game, 
each of the two consoles react with 
a talking nanator' who keeps 
score of the game. As on the 
board, you position your navy, but 
by using a keypad to punch in their 
location. Then it s time to try and 
defeat your foe by guessing where 
they ve placed their ships. Sound 
and light effects highlight the action 
— so sini^ your opponents fleel 
Ijefore fie gets yours f 

One of the first soiind chips to 
really show its smarts came a long 
time ago in the Mattel Intellivision 
game. Wave come a long way 
since then, so say twilo to the 
Hitstruments from Nasta. Hit Stix 2 
follows the success of last year's 
niodel. Two bright yellow drum- 
sticks trail wires that attach to a 
smaJI speaker boK dipped onto 
your beit Beat the sticks in the air 
{or against a walbiriend) and out 
comes the sound of a snare drum. 
Change a setting on the left stick 
and now it's a Tom-Tom (or a 
Bongo)- The tone control on the 
right stick varies the timbre tor 
dozens of sounds. 

Rather a piano? Don the two mit- 
tenlike pads and finger the keys 




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referee to announce every move 
that occurs. Score points with jabs, 
body punches, and left a>xj right 
hio<^, while weaving, ducking and 
dancing away from being hit. Play 
against a human, or let if>e com- 
puter do its thing — start off 
against the third- ranking contender 
and work up to the champ. Two- 



on Hit Keys. Ten musical tones will 
resuit. and the speaker box can 
svtritch from piarto to organ in a 
flash. 

Or how al>out Hit Guitar, the 
free-Styte guifp One hand wears 
ttie 'neck',\* le dip- on speak 

er hias a pao A funky coiled 

wire keeps yoi. gers talking to 



the speaker. 

Let's end with some unusual 
high-tech: Hkte N' Seek from 
Worlds of Wonder. Now what was 
a simple game becomes high 
adventure, as the seeker uses his 
device to home in and locate the 
hider' units. Light p>anels on the 
speaker device sync with beeping 
sounds when within 50 feet of a 
hider. You can't turn off the hider 
unit either — thai can only be done 
tty touching it to the seeker unit. 
One seeksf and two hider units 
come in a kit. ar»d all are powered 
by a 9v battery- 
Most of tf>ese types of gan>es 
are now available in high street 
stores like Dixons, and small inde- 
pendent chains (ranging from £10- 
E20). Check em out to see wf^t 
should be in YOUR hands this 
summer. 

Game Boy gaming 

In all !he excitement we mu^n t for- 
get Nintendo's Game Boy fas fea- 
tured in TGM last month). The 
Game Boy is available in Japan for 
aljout £55 (so expect grey market 
imports at atiout £tOO). Games 
should appear over here soon, 
pfObably at around El 2. 

Ttie Game Boy already t^as a 
large amount of third party sott- 
wafe support from tlie likes of 
Kemco. Bandai and Coconut 
Japan, plus Ninterxto, of course. 
Games currently 
available indude 
Tennis {two-player 
option, with two 
machines), which 
brings back mem- 
ories of Psion's 
Match Point 

Baseball (also 
with two-player 
option); Teths, the 
arcade puzzle 
game (which t$ on 
every single for- 
mal imaginable): 
and the inimitable 
Super jWano/and 
(a real classic]. 

Over tfw next few months expect 
Mickey Mouse and Hyper Lode 
Runr^er (both arcade/pu22l6 
games): PwibaW and Pachinco 
Time (conversions of table-top 
games): and Golf ami F-i Rac&- 

It youve seen our feature on 
Alan's handheld this month (prew- 
oos pages), don 1 be put off buying 
one o1 these (remember, you'll 
have to wait till 1990 for thatl), The 
Game Boy is a real 'hartd-hefd'. 
with super sound and smooth 
graphics, and all the games are 
VERY addictive (although I dread 
to think what Mel Croucher woukj 
have to say about that screen!}. It 
you see one, GET IT! 



GanrkA* equality 
With Sugar Ray 
Leonard Boring (left) 
even iacty players 
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succeeding in the 
pugilistic art, while 
Ihumping is not 
always reslrtcled to 
amasning opp{)n««il3 
tn the lace as the 
Hitstrumen1& (below 
teh) prove with funky 
force. 

Mot to b« outdone In 
the hand-held slakes, 
Nintendo are releas- 
ing a host of LCD 
games for their Came 
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— The Hardware 

The Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago is so huge 
that \Vb easy to miss many of the more unusual and 
interesting products, many of which might be making an 
impact on your life as we head into tfie Nineties. So we 
sent out TGM's super-snooper American corr^pondent, 
Marshal M Rosenthal, to brtug them home. 



Th* Marnhal g«ti 

his m«n 
Apprehended by 
all-American hefoss 
(above) for being a 
amanly dressed New 
York Joumo, Marihal 
URosenthfii Can 
r«tte<ct trpm ihe 
\e'i$KiT0 ol his Gotham 
Cily call on the sprawl 
of I he Chi'cago 
Consumer 
Electronics Show 
(HghiK Us relevance 
to the British market 
(5 one ol 1xiture»; from 
fN$ international 
showcase, expect to 
see moat of tha prod- 
ucts fealyr^d In lhl$ 
a nict<» appear In our 
highstreets soon. 




The Consufner Etecironlcs Show is 
unique among the trade shows, 
because (here is hardly ever any 
vaporware; that's pfoducls that &m 
shown artd discussed but never 
make it 10 the store down ihe block. 
CES is an opportunily to see 
amazing devices, some costing 
just a bit. wtille ottiers ars proto- 
types ntnning tnto thousands ot 
dollars 



The hand-hild gamtng end is 
heating up like mad. We're all 
familiar wtlh Game Boy now — the 
LCD black and whHe screen com- 
bing with stereo sound and Inter- 
changeable cartridges. Atari's 
Portable Colour Entertalnn^ent 
System {no name lor this yet] is a 
strong contender fof this rrwr^et; 
with its lourchannel sound, 16- 
colour 3,&*ineh iCO soreer^ ar>d i@ 




MHfz cksck speed isee Atari feature 
on pa^e 14). hlany of the gaming 
companies will be putting out car- 
tridges tor both these systems — 
itll be interesting to see what hap- 
pens next- There's even talk of 
Sega getting into the act. 

Staying in ttie game area brings 
up soFTi© interesting devices. Strike 
Force Navigator (Advantage Ace) 
is a navigational device that albws 
the user to move trimseit around 
wnh absolute accuracy. Designed 
lor vehicle simulations. It's made of 
ctear plastic with a handle and a 
360-degree navigation compass 
printed on the lace. As the handle 
bends, it can be used with a vidao 
screen — makirbg it a valuable tool 
for all computer and video enter- 
tainment systems, since most of 
the simulations come with maps ot 
the theatre of action {with your 
starting location noted) 

Camerica caontinu© then' theme 
ot remote control for the Nintendo 
with The Freedom Stick — a 
cigarette pacitsized unit that con- 
nects to any joystick alf#ad|y 
owned You plug the hwo iDQBttldr, 
and Stick goes into cordless action 
(you can hang it around your neck 
or use (he attached belt clip). Stic^ 
runs on penlighi batteries, artd has 
automatic and manual lire switches 
for turt)0-t<re capabilities Just stay 
in line [up to 35 leet) ot sight with 
the receiving unit that has tieen 
attached To your game machine 

Designed spedtically for ihe 
Nintendo rrtarftel, Acclaims two 
person controller is very similar to 
their Individual one of early this 
year. The two pads woftc together 
with the receiver so as to let two^ 
player garrtes go on simultaneous- 
ly. It s the erxl of passtrtg that con- 
troller back and forth, 

Interactive Vision (View Master 
Ideal Group] challenges the user 
through an inlertace ol video and 
computer graphics It consists of a 
handhekj remote unit with colour- 
coded selection buttons and a 
muHi directional joysticK The video 
processor looks a bit like a 
enlarged Lego btocK. and is 
attached to a standard television 
and VHS vWeo reooftier (which 
you supply). 

What hapipens is thai graphics 
appear at strategic points ot the 
tape, and require actions to tie per- 
fofnwd. This "overlay' ts handled 
quHe well, and ttte results are very 
pleasling. No cartridge or program 
is nedded, the video tape contains 
all the data neoeesa«y to access 
the system, 

The first set of tapes oonsist of 
children's titles, such as Sssama 



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Street ar>d Disney cartoons. Future 
applJcation& could become quite 
e»(citirig ^ we'll have tQ wait and 
see. {Rumour has it that the graph- 
ic system was designed by 
Cinemaware) 

Riighl next door can be found the 
ultimate home robot, Newton. 
Syn Pet's mechanised creaiJon is 
not a toy — rwt with features that 




indude a 20Mb hard disk drive artd 
two mtcrocompuiers- Appiicaiions 
are accessed on an IBM XT/com- 
paiit}ie while alf the interna! func- 
tions are dfiven by a realtime one. 
Standing Z2 indie$ tail Newton 
can both speak and understand 
voices — and be programmed to 
respond on command. He can 
team about his location, and then 
patrol it — keeping a lookout tor 
trouble. An tnlernal telephone links 
up with the one m the house, and 
enatiJes hirn to iAKe messages and 
respond to cal>-in commands from 
his owners. You can even have him 
control lights and olh&r eJectronics 
using a BSR X-10 interface (this 
line of unris work through the 
houses wiring), Newton runs on 
rechargabfe batteries and knows 
when its time to dock with the 
charging unit lor a quick Tut' of the 
C3td AC. The lovable robot has a 
bri^ and oojourful appearance 
(sorry, no laser gun accessory). 
arxJ could certainly make an 
impression the next time you're try 
ing to 0Bt nd ot those pesky house 
ffiests. 

Om of the hot items right now is 
^^iHATideo — point and shod cam 
eras that take a picture which is 
recorded onto a ti^mputer disk. 
The image can then be viewed on 
a conventional television or moni- 
tor. Sony's MavK:a has a fixed lens. 



auto exposure — In fact auto 
everything, It's the Brownie of 
today. The disk holds 50 images, 
which can then be played bacit on 
an aooessory devi^ (the camera 
itself is small and compact). 
Canon's Zapshot goes one better 
with an LCD read -out and a built-in 
playback! device. Both systems can 
record up to 300 line^ of resolution, 
with a playback of 400 (Super VHS 
limit}. Uses tor these i(ind of cam 
eras include digitising and comput- 
er graphics work, pius the safety of 
non-tilm (a phnt can always be 
made with one of the thermal or 
cofour printers from Kodak, Canon, 
etc) 

Goirtg one better is Toshiba s 
prototype IG Card Camera. Similar 
in size to the Zapshot (arxf needing 
a vrewsr like Sonys model), iC 
Card Camera actually records its 
itnages ori, a pof>-tn card — no 
disk. Bieing looked at as a device 
for security and high-tech applica- 
tions. IC Card can store some 13 
images per card, and has a resoiu- 
tion of 400 lines. An optional elec- 
tronic 'album' can be used to store 
some 1600 images for viewing 
(tiasically a record' play bad< unit 
using DAT (Digital Audio Tape) 
technology). 

Let's have a bit of fun with Voice 
Over ^ The Personal Sound 
Studio. It's a walkman-si^ed device 
that inserts between your portable 
radio/cassette player and special 
headphones with a mike attached. 
Voice Over adds echo and depth to 
your voice as you sing along with 
the music or speak. The results 
make you sound pretty good — 
certainly better than in the shower, 
and now other peopJe can hear you 
as welt. 

MicroProse are out to grab some 
ot the lucrative coin-op mad^et. 
They plan to design and produce 
machines with ail-new hardware 
featuring 3D graphics which will 




draw on polygons for the multi- 
dimerfsional e^ect. This is not new. 
but the average coin-op today 
draws some 12.000 potygofis per 
second. MicroPros* plan for their 
system to generate up to 60.000 ot 
ttiese little teikws. This will be cou- 
pled wr|h a screen- refresher rate of 
30 frames a second The tnck will 
be to get all this going without sac 
rif'icing speed. And iet's not forget 
that the coin -op needs to be a fun 
and challenging gan>e too. 

Speaking of coin -ops. check out 
the Battietech Center. Parts loc^ 
familiar; gaming boxes to dimb 
into, with controls, video screens 
and joystick handles. But the dilfer- 
ences are pronounced. The idea 
behind the Center is to create an 
interactive, sophisticated simulation 
for the player — one enveloping 
him in a total environment. 
Recreating a Star Base, each 
Battletech machine is irvierconnect- 
ed; you're fighting against a real 
person. In other words — no artifi- 
cial intelligence, just the nastiest, 
deadliest carnivore In existence 
You I 

And it requires both concentra- 
tion and quick reflexes, The screen 
above you is the window to this 
world, filled with hostility and dan- 
ger< while the lower secondary 
screen displays radar and vehlde 
status. And we're not talking about 
one or two buttons here. Try duaf 
loystidfs With tngger buttons, 
weapon selection displays, ihrottte 
control directional pedals, ceiling 
m^sage centre, arid radio controls 
to communicate wrlh teammates. 
Enough? 



More information: 



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Street. Chfcago. illmofS 60607 

FREEDOM S'nCK: Camehca Lfd. 230 FiHh Avenue. New Vonk. New 

York 10001, Price $39.95. 

INTERACTIVE VISION: View Master Ideal Group, 200 Fifth Avenu«. 

New York New York 10010. 

MAVICA (MVC-Ct): Sony Corporation. S6S0.D0 

MAP*T1 Playback Adaptor. $a4&.95. 

NEWnrON: SynP«i 7225 FranWin Ho3d. Dept P. Boise, tdaho 83709. 

STRIKE FORCE NAVIGATOR: Advantage Ace, Ann Arbor. Michigan. 

Tel 0101 313 677-0732 Price $8 95. 

VOICE OVER: Vopos Over Mart^eting. &055 North Unooln Avenue, 

Chicago, Illinois 60659. 

ZAPSHOT RO250; Canon, $800.00 



Ninlendo's stand tor 
The G@mc Boy (left) 
was a popular venue, 
and so wa$ 
Interaclive VHltto's 
{far leti, this page), 
wher$ visitors could 
ptay with a victeo antt 
compute graptiics 
interface unit 




Robots Abounded. 
lUfs the lovabte and 
brl9htly cc»lounHl 
Synpel {abDvi}}, but 
some visitors pfelcr 
their pels 1o ba aa 
muicular as Michael 
K*alor> — «*en 
above In a cardiward 
form morm auHMl to 
thfi cHaractod«tfc« of 
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Softwaiv C^ 

As wtlh our own PC 
Show, the ceS often 
promises whal it will 
<}e liver in time for 
Ctirlstmas, profnlses 
I me the 3-0 so ltd 
graphics, text and 
action adventure Of 
Star Trek l'(rlgtTl), 
which M4ndscaf>e 
say wtfl have all the 
characters from the 
TV show and new 
movie. Somewhat 
more complete )s 
Epyx's California 
Games ti (beiow], 
with some exciting 
new skateboard 
«Ctlon. 



Eadh Banietech machine itses 
three proprietary computers 
lotailirig over 32 megabytes o< 
RAM, ar>d capable of displaying 
200 3-D objects in reaHime (using a 
maximum of 64,000 odours 
onscreen at onoej. The units are 
linked up ^a a tocai area rwtwork 
— with groupings of esght 
machir^es possible m teams of lour. 

Unlike a pay and pray' machir>e, 
these simulations are designed fof 
set periods of time {30 minutes) 
Scenarios can be changed, so an 
m battle today, could turn inio 
fighting giant robots tomorrow, Of 
course that aJso means tfial the 
vehicle being controlled can t>@ 
altered — sl^ycraft becoming sub' 
marines. The two environments 
aJfeady created are Banietech. 
game set in the year 3050 wnii 
huge manlike Batttetechs slugging 
It out, and Renegadft iegion — a 
garne of starfigihtW oocnbai irr the 
year 6000. 

Battleiech Centers are sched- 
uled to pop up along thte US and 
Canada in 19d0. with the first one 
(in Chicago) designed to open in 
9w next few moriths, Theiy w4ll fea- 
ture a tola! environment tfwi sets 
tfie mood — with a tobby area 
resembling the deck of a giant star- 
shtip. Combat Infonration Centres 
and embarl^ation halls leading to 
the launch area, vtriiere you gel into 
your maiclTirw, It becomes some 
thing to do with your nuales. ar>d 
rTKire ©njoy^le than just watd^irig 
someone else fiaving all the fun. 



— The Software 

Did you ever wish on a star? Carry moonbeams 
home... enough of that! Who needs to make 
wishes, when there's the Consumer 
Electronics Show to go to? EVERYTHING that 
eats electricity can be found there. tA/ith that 
in mind, we turn the page over to TGM's 
American correspondent, the one and only 
(once again...) Marshal Mllosenthal. 



Ready to go? Better lake big steps, 
because there s a lot of stun at ttre 
CES. Epyx presents CaHfomia 
Games ft. Participate in four 
events- bodyboardJng, jet shilng. 
skateboarding and snowboardJng 
(Ihink you II gel tsoard?). Less 
events mean more to do in the four 
presented. Ready to Joss your 
cookies over a monster wave? 

At the Electronic Arts booth, 
Defuxis Vkieo 2 \& displayed — 
promising greater control and 
added features. SSi previews 
Cur^e Of Ttie AzufB Bonds, the 
sequel to Pool Of Radiance. Your 
party of adveniurefs awake to dis 
cover strange azure-blue markEngs 




on their slun. which take over c^xi- 
irot of ttieir bodres when ttwy glow 
(checkout adventures on page 70), 
Then there s Interstels Dragon 
Force which places you in charge 
of a seven-man elite strike force 
that taikes on toddies ai\ over the 



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workj, 

Moving a king to MastertroniC 
linds their Megagames — Amiiga 
games featuhr>g tfve same graph- 
k^. animation and sound as found 
in the afcades (and requinng 1 
Megabyte). First out will be Rick 
Davis'$ WpfUl Tropf}/ $0CCer. fol 
IovwkJ by Magic Jotjnsons 
BasHetbaff But what Im wailing lor 
is Wew York Warriors. 

Then there's Mediagemc host 
ing a suite for theif line of affiliated 
companies, Infocom's texl^graphic 
Afthut — Tfie Quest For Excalibur 
Features such added goodies as 
onscreen mapping, and Merlin's 
crystal ball (which reveals hints as 

Moving forward a few fi*»ousand 
years takes us to the worki of 
(nfoooms BattteTecf^- AfeofiwamOf 
drops you into the cockpit of a 30 
toot tall, lethal combat robot. 
Strategy, action, war — ail this arid 
more as you earn bkjod money, 
while trying to buiW a lance (family 
of four) ol Mectts. At least this is 
one picnic where you're too big to 
be bothered by ants 

MJcrotliusions is goirtg Hanna- 
Barbara crazy Sctx^y Do tets you 
range among the characters — 
move Sa>oby ansund or follow 
after Velma ^ the garig s all f>ere 
in tour mysteries to solve, each 
based on a cartoon episode. 
Rajsed 3D perspective, arcade 
sequences (hey — lei s ali run from 
the abominable snowman), even a 
Scooby Snad^ feature. 

In the world of Tfie Jetsons. you 
most Keep George from being fired 
by that creep of a boss. S{»c^. 
Complete!y mousednvert, win- 
dows pop up with information, and 
you can look instde of Qb)ec$s and 
col led items for use. Text interac 
tk>n ot ccurse. 

Vabba Dabba Do That could 
only t>e Fred The Flmtstones 
stresses the essence of Fred — so 
there S no teihng whal wtll hapoen 
next (the screen evr/i' ^,■■. 



Age TV to turn on). Mufttpte advan- 
tures mix wrth large characters that 
give off a true cartoon fe^ng. JusK 
point and clidt on what you want to 
do — but never, ever, ever make 
Fred have to give up ttowling just 
because Wilma's mother is around f 
Johnny Ckjest com- 
bines the feeling of 
adventure with action 
and mystery Jotn 
Johnny and Hadji (and 
Bandit, too. of course) 
as they search for lt>e 
stolen Splinter of 
Heaven. Text display is 
combined witti combat 
sequences, icon oorv 
tro^s, and ttie full cast 
Irom the cartoon. 

The ActivlsJon pot is 
tjubbling rticeiy. 

Tongue Of The Fatman is a tulufis- 
tic har>d to hand oombat game wtth 
a sense of humour — and charac- 
ter anjmatKsn ttoriienng occasional- 
ly or> \be obscene Human arxl 
alien lite forms of ail kimls take on 
each other for the ultimate reward 
— COW cash I Then there s 
G/Njsfttuslerf it Onve the famous 
Eciomobile through the streets ot 
Mew VorK, destroy ghosts, and 
generally have a great time blast' 
irug ail ttiose suckers The game is 
affcade-orientated. with iots ol 
action and almc^ no strategiy 
whatsoever! 

Die Hard also continues this 
theme of action, bul the toes are ail 
too human Take ooe off-duty New 
Yorit cop combine liberally with ter- 
rorists holding his wife and otf>ers 
htostage in a modern skyscraper, 
and ttie result is pretty messy 
Digitised scenes from the film nink 
the arcade sequences togethier, 
and you've only so long before tfie 
terrorists break ttte seven access 
codes to the computer twhfing their 
ptunder- to-be You shouW get over- 
time for tfWB. 

Retummg to tfve show, we duck 
into Mmdscapes booth lo see a 
tew minutes of Sfaf fra* V — sIjII 
under development The program 
promises 3D solid graphics, iex\ 
and action adventure, plus all the 
characters fnjm the TV show and 
new niovie. 

There ahead is the HUGE 
MicroProse boothi^audntorium. F- 
15 Strike Eagte 2 is almost ready 
to be released More action 
orientated than the first. Strike 
Eagle 2 will feature intelligent help 
10 mahe if easier to fly ar>d f^ht. 
Enemies react intelligerrtiy as well 
(aargh), and oorr4>3l takes ptace in 
four regiors of the worfd: Lybia. the 
Pefsian Gulf. Vietnam and the 
Middle East. 

It's time to leave — Hk stx>w iS 
dosing down for [he day Anyor>e 
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A didoctrc look at Visual Display Units and what 
they con do to you, from Me! Croucher 



"The number 

of spots on 

your face pfus 

your need to 

wear glasses 

is in direct 

relationship 

with the time 

you spend 

using youf 

compute^ 



I ahMays resented the fad tnst my 
schoolboy skin fooKed like a pizza 
and my eyes resembled what hap- 
pens to snow when a dog pees on 
it- More recently, I was still amazed 
thai I could grow facial Wemishes 
and Z4is of the Elephant man and 
go bald at the same time I tried 
changing my diet, gelling married, 
living by the soa, washing more 
often, growing a beard, but nothing 
seemed to work Then, after all 
these years of looking like the dark 
side of the Moon. I discovered an 
explantion tor my afflictions, and 
having met thousands of spotty 
four-eyed computer maniacs in my 
lime, I rechon it's time ( shared my 
research. So take heart, my 
legion^^ the pocked and biinded, 
get that paper bag off 
your heads ar>d 
prepare lo face 
r wortd again. 




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Heres my theory, lets call it 
Mel's Law. and it goes like 
this: S+G s VDU x (T-D). Or to put 
it into words, the number of spots 
on your face p<us your need to 
wear glasses is in direct relation- 
ship With the lime you spend u^ng 
your computer and ffie distance 
you plonk your face from ttie 
screen Ar>d if you thrnk I'm kid- 
ding, take the trouble to read the 
fallowing facts. 

Back in 1982 a doctor named 
Nilsen wrote a three-page refx>rt 
calM Facial flas/ies in Visu^ 
Dispiay Unit Operators. As this was 
published in an obst^re jot^naJ 
catM Contact D^rmsatis. hard- 
ware manufacturers never got to 
read it. 

Then In 1985, two 
Scandinavians called Wahlberg 
and Urxlen noticed that in spite of 
good diet, pfenty of heatttiy exer- 
ctse ar>d enlightened sexual atti- 
tudes (which had all been previ- 
ously offered as remedies for rotten 
shin) young people who played 
with computers and used VDUs 
suffered from an abnormal rate of 
zits and bad eyesight, Bui they 
didn't know why, Was It because 
spotty bespectacled Mk were natu 
rally less sociable, and went in for 
soF^ary habits such as computef 
games? Was it because computer 
users were Jess interested in Iheir 
real personal appeamnce and 
more interested in living out Iheir 
fantasies via their screens? Or was 
■it just ooinckaence? 

Thgrg are none so bfind as tfwy 
who wiit noi $de ' (Old Engllttt 
proverb) 

If a mart destroy the eye of anoth- 
er man. they Shalt destroy hi$ e/a 
in return. ' (Hamitrabt, 203{IBC> 
'Men seldom m^ke passes af gifts 
who wear gtas$0$.' (Dorothy 
Parker. 1942) 



After great wodges of research the 
OOiricidence theory was bkjwn sky 
high. Some of you may have read 
my lasi brt of scare- mongering {in 
CRASH) about oompuler screens 
causing cancer, aborlion and delor- 
mity (I know several ioumaiists dkJ, 
because they've been repeating 
the facts m their own magazines'}, 
well, it has now been proved that 
your screens are zapping skin and 
eyeballs too. 

Last year, the University of 
California Eye Clinic came itp wi^ 
the worrying tact that the favounle 
atfltctkjn suffered by all computer 
users is eye damage, ar>d I mean 
real damage There was plenty of 
Ityack strain, ftnger delormtty, 
headaches ar>d epileptic fits too, 
but a loss of aye focusing can»e out 
top of the problem league by a 
mile. People who play wrth comput 
er screeins can lose the ^lity to 
focus properly up to 30 years 
before nofmal. 

The next lump of data listed the 
skin diseases caused by computer 
monitors and close contact with TV 
screens, it s a very nasty lisi indeed 
and the winners are: 

Rosacea (which ranges from a 
slight blushing of ttie cfieeks. all 
the way to turning your face into 
somethjr>g that k»ks tike a 
boiled strawtieny) 
Acne {puss-tiUed ztta whicti tiave 
a habit of latving craters and 
scafs) 

Setx)rrheic Oermaiitis (inflamed 
skin caused by glands produang 
greasy gunk m huge quantities.} 
Poikiioderma (llakey zits caused 
b^ abfxsrrnal temperature 
chariges in ttie ^n) 
Paraestt>esta (itciiy, burning 
inflamed skin which often starts 
two or three hours after using a 
VDU.) 

Now that ytm've buried your moni- 
tor under tfie nearest mattress and 
rusfved to the bathroom mirror to 
examine your boat-race, I il leil you 
exactly how all these ghastty dis- 
eases can be caused by your 
machines Unlike the lethal radia< 
lions thai can delorm unborn 
bab»es and knacker body tissuWi 
skin problems are caused by fli»o< 
irostatic fiekls. 

These energy fields are presen 
around most TVs. VDUs and monh 
tors when the atmoflfthere is dry 
and they tend to vanyi at highei 
humkiily when there is more mois 
ture in the air 

According to the British medica 
journaJ The Lancet skin problem] 
suffered by computer users hap 
pen most often in hiodhftm Europe 
during the winter months. an< 
that's not because we play comput 
er games more in the winter, bu 
because the water in the air (rela 
five humidity) is less than 40%. Bi 
the drier tlie air the more you 
screen pumps out charged air 
borne particles, and they're th^ 
or^^ thai warn to zap your skin. 



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union arKl environmental groups 
call ~&afe' levels, and th^y afnl 
mudh good lor playing games on. 

And as for the popular garnes 
machines. I won t make any com- 
rnents but I wilf pass on the infor- 
matfon thai the Friends ol the Earth 
London office had stuck a Bio- 
Hazard' sign on their Amstfad! But 
don't despair, you need noi spend 
a fortune on fancy screens or cover 
■ ^our face with gunk, because IMel's 
[Lew can be fought oft if you follow 
I »my advice: 
. B Don't use your screen (of 
' longer than two hours at a lime. 
TaKe a break for at least 20 mirh 
utes between bouts. 
' • 1^ Sit as far away from your 
fi^een as you can, and never do®- 
JBirthan tour feel, 

I II Cfean off the surface of the 
fsyeen every time you use il. Arxl I 
,n#an every time, 

i .;* Don t touch the screen with 

yfur fingers (or any other part of 

I /our anatomy come to think ol it*). 

i . « Try not to finger your face or 

your eyes while you are mm- 

iter gaming or ftddlir>g your com- 

j^terrsedaccounts- 

- If you suffer from' bad skin 

tions, ask your friendly non-pfi- 

tjsed doctor for some Ouodenn' 

Of a similar blocking cream. Yoy 

nmght even tell tier atiout this arii- 

|;ie. 

■ Every chance you get, 

demand that hardware manufactur- 

'^ Slop ignoring the FACT that 

Jtkk machines are hazardous to 

^'Dur health, because only by doir>g 

T ^1 will we force them to clean up 

^ their adt 

■i^ Don't pick em and th^'ll get 
a lot bettef (dangerous machhiM 
AND zrisl). 



"If you suffer 
from bod sktn 
eruptions, ask 
your friendly 
non-priva- 
tised doctor 
lor Sonne 
blocking 
creann" 




B!ushing is the colour of virtue. ' 
(Dtog«n«« tht Cynic, 400aC) 
'Out' Oiitf Damn spot!' (Lady 
Macbeth) 

7/1 ,5n ugly worfd. the rictjest man 
carf isuy nothing tut ugliness.' 
(Q*org« B^mtrd Shaw 1903) 

IHHI^HIIIIMIIilllllllllllllHIHHMHIimilHI^HHI 

Many temate operators have 
noticed that tiny particles of their 
make-up get deposited on their 
screens during the working day. 
and I bet thai if you run your finger 
over your screen now [go on. do It) 
you'll get a film of electrostatic 
deposit, This Is a similar effect to 
the trick of rubbing a balloon 
against a woolly Jumper and charg- 
ing it up with enough static to sticK 
It up on the wall all by itself. Oka/, 
try and work out how many times 
you wipe your rtosB. mb your eyes, 
rest your chin on your hand, mop 
your bnow or simply touch your 
face every hour that you use your 
computer. Again. I bet you finger 
your face every minute, and cf you 
don'i you are ve^ unusual. 

If you work or play any dosar 
ttran four feet from your screen, 
you are depositing these charged 
particles ail over your face simpty 
by sitting there, but if you touch 



your face you are concentrating the 
dose. For those of you who have 
the habit of touching your screen 
as well, you are upping the pfob- 
lem by a factor of up to 1 0OI 

In the United Stales, computer 
users have started to use a skin- 
cobured 'sun block' type cream 
containing 2% titanium dioxide with 
iron oxides, This has two effects: 
firstly it stops a lot of skkn contact 
with the deposited partiolss, and 
secondly it soon cures you touch- 
ing your screen because of the 
stichy fingermarks you plonk all 
over It! 

Some spotty Norwegians have 
begun using antistatic floor cover- 
ing to cut down on the charged 
particles, and most ot Northern 
Europe (except Brfiain) is already 
wridely using electrostatic shiehjs 
attached to the front of the screen. 
Ttiese aiiminale the stattc Held (or 
a whsfe. but they lose ihetr effect 
after a month or so, and its an 
experksive busir^efis rep{acir>g 
them 

For anyone thinking atmut 
c^kanging their machines. I dont 
have much good news to repon. 
Only Olivetti and Compaq come 
anywfwre near what the trade 




Mel Croucher Is a regular con- 
trfbutor to Tlie Games Machine ^ 
And we have just heard that as a 
result of two Mel Croucher fea- 
tures In sister magezfrw, 
CRASH, a major TV company 
(and we don't mean Sky I) has 
asked the old foo^ to make a 
pilot TV programme on the 
Seamy Skje of Computing. Full 
details as soon as we have 
them! 



Illustrstkxts by 
Robin Evans 



TGH^ TX 021:8-89 25 





ZAK McKRAKEN 




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his is my third ^ 
m&nlh as Playing 
Tips editor and 
i*m pieased to 
say that the tips are 
roiling In more tiran 
ever. Compel ft ion is hot 
for the ESQ software 
prire, so I'm joolting for 
those extra speciai tips 
— just like this month's 
winner's who's lieen 
working hard on if 

Popuius. And remember 
it's not just tips that win 
prizes, t've yet to receive 
many maps, and POKEs 
for I6<bit machines are 
ithin on ttie ground. . 



{M\ Formats — (lie tinai soiution) 



Use IhQ crayon on the wailpaper 
map. Read the strange mark- 
ings on tiie wall and not© ihem 
down (call ttiis diagram 3) t4ovt 
using the Sphynx map prinled in 
TGM020. n^ke your way out of 
the Sphynx and go to the air- 
port. Use the reservations termi- 
nal and buy a ticket to 
Kinshasa, Walk lo the plane. 
Walk through the jungle till yoj 
gat to the vttlage. Go inside the 
Shamen's hut. Give the yeHow 
crystal to the Shamen. He 
shows yoy how lo use it. You 
are now outskle the Shamen's 
hut. 

Use the yellow crystal. The 
wallpaper map appears. Click 
on Egypi You are leleported to 
a $ec:ret room at th« top of the 
pyramid. Walk to the left and 



pull the lever on the side of the 
wall. 

Switch to Anrite. Make yoor 
way oul of the Sphyr^x Walk left 
to the to the pyramd and go 
through the door. It's very dartc 
in ihere SO use the WHAT \S 
command to find the door. Go 
through the door and go as tar 
left as possible and use the 
WHAT IS command again to 
find the stairs Go up them, 
You're now in the same room as 
Zak, Pull the fever on the wall. 
Switch to Zak, 

Walk to the centre ot the njom 
and use the gtowing objeci on 
the base. Walk away from the 
machine and use Ihe yellow 
crystal. ClfCk on Lima. Pick up 
Ihe candelabra. Use l^e yellow 
crystal and dick on Egypt. Walk 



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to the machine and use the can- 
de^bra on the glowing object. 
Put on Ihe wetsuil and the o.Ky- 
gen tank. Use ihe dud tape on 
the fish bowl. Put on tt>e tapped 
fish t>owl You are now wearing 
a space suri. Walk awa^ from 
the machine and use the yellow 
crystal. Click on the Mars Face 
chamiwr. 

Use the crayon on the strange 
markings and reproduce 1t>e 
markings from diagram 3, The 
three doors at the back of the 
room open. U5« the Mars Face 
map and make you way to it>e 
exit. You have to use the lighter 
to find your way because the 
doors are coloured. Walk iefi to 
the landing site and switch to 
Melissa 

Put on the hefmet, pick up ihe 
boombox. open the dcxir and go 
outside Switch to Zak and enter 
the spaceship. Close the door. 
Now lake on the taped fish bowl 
and the oxygen tank. Use the 
oxygen valve tt^sn switch to 
Melissa Walk right to the huge 
(ace, Enler the great chamljar 
and walk to ihe first large door 
(it should be open^^, Walk lo the 
pedestal. Switch to Leslie. 

Make your way out ol the Map 
room using the Mars Face map. 
Then llnd file exit from the 
maie Give the DAT and vinyl 
tape to Melissa. Use the ladder 
on the pedesial ihen switch to 
Melissa. Use ihe vinyl tape on 
Ihe DAT ihen use Ihe DAT on 
Ih© boombox. Turn on the 
boomtfox, Clk* on record aivd 
switch to Leslie. Ptck up the 
crystal sphere then switch to 
Melissa, 

Walk to the second large 
door. Turn on the boombox. 
Click on ptay and tt^e door 
opens Go ihrough the door and 
use the WAHT (S command to 
fifkd another exit. Go thrchugh 
this door. Use the Ankh on tt>e 
panel. The torcelieW dtsap- 
pears Push the button on the 
machine and you receive a 
message. Pick the gokJen key 
and walk back to the great 
chamtier. Go back to the landing 
site Keep walKir>g lefl lill ycu gel 
to the monolith. Use the cash- 
card on the slot and you get a 
token, Switch to Leslie. 

Go to the monolith. Use the 
token on the tram and wail tor 
her to gel into it, ihen swrich to 
Metissa. Use the token on ihe 
tram and wait You are outside 
the pyramkJ. Take both Melissa 
and Leslie to the pyramid 



26 TGM TX021 :8-89 



dittranca. Switch to LasGa and 
use ihe broofn alien on the pile erf 
sand. Switch to Zak. 

Put on the oxygon tank and 
the taped fish bowl, open the 
door and go outside. Walk left to 
themondnh. Use tine cashcard 
on ihe skrt, use !he token in the 
trs^n. Wiidrt ytnj arrive at the 
pyramid, waJk ta the entrance. 
ike the bobbypin sjgn in the key- 
hole, onm the door. Use WHAT 
@ to find the exit. Go thf oi>gh ti^is 
door. WalK as far left as you car, 
fr«o switch to Melissa, Enter the 



tSoof and use WHAT {S com- 
mand to find tlie other exit, go 
tlnroygh it, Go as far left as you 
can. Switch to L&slie, Enter the 
door. Use the ilashlight to reveal 
the other exit. Go through this. 
Walk to the Sarcophagus feet 
afKi push if>em. Swtich to Zak. 

Walk lo the stairs which should 
be directly in front of hwn. Switch 
to MeJis.EA and weJh to the stairs. 
Switch 10 LesNe and walk away 
from the feet. Switch to Zak and 
stand him in front of the white 
crystal. Switch to Melissa and 



walk to the tx>x on the wall. Use 
the golden key on the box. Push 
the button. Switch to Zak. 
Quickly get the white crystal and 
use the yellow cryst^. Qick on 
Egypt, 

Take off the taped fish bowl 
aid the oxygen tank. WaJk to ihe 
machine. Use the yellow crystaJ 
on the candelabra^ Use the white 
cfystai on the candelabra. Walk 
to Ihe switch on tfie right of the 
machine. Turn on the switch. 
Switch to Annie. Tom on tfie 
switch — iftat's iti 



XENON 

(Spectrum) 

A quick cheat from Mark Dow 
of Wolverhampton maltes bat- 
tling ifw^e aliens a bit easier. 
Start the game as usuaJ and 
then pr&ss the break key to 
pause the game, hcdd down 
keys T.I,N and V ar»d yoor ship 
becomes irvJestructtbte. 



POPULOUS 

(ST/Amiga) 

Bryan from Toltesby is this month's Star Tips win- 
ner for hia complete tist of level codes from 
Electronic Arts's excellenl Populous. Level 999 is a 
bit weird — complete ii and see what happen a. 



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Playing Tips 



MILLERNIUM 2.2 

(AtarlST/Amiga) 

Having problems defeating the Martians? Fret no longef, 
Manlisw Pegs from Milton Keynes knows a trick or two. 

1. Don't establish loo many bases or you spend all your time 
cte!ending them from the Martians. It's possible to finish the game 
wttti only three. There's no point in establish! rig a base somewtief© 
that doesn't have vitat resources. Tt>e most usetui bases are 
Cailisio, Titan and Triton. 

2. Tnton is the only p^ace thai has Chrofnium — and you need that 
later on in the game. Since lis far away it's a good id^ra to send a 
probe arxj estabtist> a t>a&e there e^riy on in the game. 

3. II a base (ose« all Els colonisis. dismantto one o1 the Can-acks or 
Waveridefs and thrs crew oan fepopulate ttie base. 

4. New bases n^sd at least one fighter an Ofbital laser and a solar 
battefy. Send these in a Carrack because Vt&amitimt aren't able to 
trati^XKl Oio neoessa/y eqwpmem for some planets. 

5. SuoCTSsfui Manian attacks lend to destroy your most powerful 
eolaf battery. Sto^e themi in the ho(d of a Carrock or in the bunker 
tor safety. 

6. You will have to turn otf your re*nery (o get enough power to 
build a fleet carrier. 

7. As soon as you slart converting your fleet earner your moon 
base wBI be totally destroyed. Unlortunately. there s not much you 
can do about iL Just repopulate Hhe base and store a battery as 
above. 

6. After Ehis your ooJonies start dsdving Independence Again 
ttiere s not mudi you can do about it. Any ships you land on i-nde- 
pendgeant colonies are lost. Jusi make sure you get as many 
resources to lf>e moon before this hapf>ens. 
9. H you're stuck for materials for tf>e earth base dismantte all your 
S^Hps arxl use their raw matenats. 




THUNDER BLADE 




(Sesa) 

One of the trickiest stages ol 
the ^ame ts undoubtedly the 
oavem eecllon. However, 
Andrew Hop<<insfrom 
Stapenhill recommeiKJs this 
strategy.,. 

STAGf 2 LEVEL 2 

■When the caverns first appear 
on screen press both fire but- 
tons rapidly ar>d the garrye sk>ws 



down mahir^g tf>is tridty seck>n 
a lot easier Wtien you emerge 
from ttw first cavern, go down to 
' the bottom nghthand comer of 
the screen straight away and 
slay there and none of ttw 
plar^'s missiles will hit you- ^f 
you lose all your lives pish the 
pad down then right and press 
tKJtton 2 to Stan the game from 
wf>ere you le^ off. 



Andrew SmaEes sent me this 
'ofllclBl' ch^at 10 help Inexp*' 
rlanced ninjaa gel started. 

Switch otl the machine 
Switch back on. Hold down 
RUfM and SELECT together Let 
go of RUN and push up once. 
Now release SELECT and push 
up three times. Push right six 
times, down twice and leH three 
limes and ask lor Melissa 

fnikay Inrgel the lap' hi! ^ it 



EMYLYN HUGES 
INTERNATIONAL 
SOCCER 

If you're a poor loser, try 
Danny Anderson's Itttte cheat 
to guarantee victory. 

You re in the lead during a 
game and don t want 1o lose, so 
kick ll>e ball off lor a throw in or 
goal_kick Ihen press P, @, ' 
and J togalfver The game quits, 
but your score remains. 

Danny adds that if you wish 10 
attempt this in the fir^ half, you 
may have to press the keys 
more than once lo achieve the 
desired effect. 





DRUNKEN IIASTER 

(PC Engine} 
Mlcromedia s very own 



you can remember aii that, an 
option screen is revealed where 
you can cfvoose tf>e number of 
lives and make yourself invir^- 
tXe. 



WORTH OF SOFTWARE MUST BE WON! 

Each month the t^st set of tips, hints, POKEs or maps will 
earn its sender £50 worth of software (your choice), plus a 
TGM T'Shirt. Send em to Robin Candy's Playing Tips, TGM. 
PO Box m. Ludlow. Shropshifff SYS fDB 



SUMEY'S MINE 

(FireliN) 

No) OMaclly a cheat or p tip, 
this item from Hobart Sharp of 
Batiey may interest fans of 
the game'B sound samptsft. 

When the game loads, press 
the space bar and hold it down. 
Let it go after a while and a 
rat a tat sour>d shoukj be 
heard. You can rww replace that 
sound with any of the samples 
from the game by pressing the 
oorrespondirtg key: 

Commodore Key — Bomt 

Left Shift — Gel Readyl 

Right Shift — Aargh! 

CRSR Left/Right — Vou are 

here! 

Z — Drum Sample 

X — Go! Hlml 

C — Owwl 

V — Uurghf 

B — Screen Cleared! 

N — Gopher! 

M — Sertlef 

c->^ Snore 

> — Scream 

/— Game Over! 

Say. for example, you wanted 
some drums; press Z and rt 
piays the drum sample, but 
press Z five times in rapid suc- 
cession and It repeals the sam- 
pte in blocks of five. Thts is use- 
ful for arranging a tune wfth tfie 
samples (you can also add 
them to the existirtg Me track!} 



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A moody Tawny KItaen in hi-res above and 
HAH mode below Who sa»d shc'9 & h^m? 
Bui con sh4^ rem^mbcF 1h^ film in which 
IJM tpptflrp d " Title pk; Jack Nicholson 
Mt iShm tipple Is he g oing l o Cofce"? 




In aur very first TGM Lab Report^ 

Franco Frey achieves some 

startling results with a video 

camera, Oigiview and a colour Rank 

Xerox printer. You coultf too. 



Whais Ihis Ihen? A joumey into 
movieland? Recognise where 
itiese pictures (xime from? Yes 
foiiks. ihy (irst Itire© readers lo pal the right 
picture to the right pictures i sorry, movies, 
will get an inhjet pr'miQut of Michelle 
Pfetfter, wowie* 

Bui ^ Ihis only ar>othef (abukius comfje' 
tiiion'' No. this IS itte rambfing o1 one \Arbo 
has made the big step ot entering ttie workj 
04 digitising, drop his lavounte computer, 
the Speccie. buy an all-singing. aJl danc- 
ing, sometimes all crashing Am^ga SGOO. 
Spend anotiier a?upla liundred quKi on the 
all imporlanl DiGiVlEW digitiser and graph- 
ics editing software (see product listing 
box), then make tile decision to spend 
El 250 on the wor>der{u( RANK XEROX 
4020 inkiet firinter artd to tlien declafe him- 
seif completely and utterlv ioco and br o*^e, 

Woftin it? You bet. every penny, or sjiouid 
that be pounds^'' 

Alright. weVe all seen the standard 
reviews in computer mags praisirig the 



excellent DIGIVIEW dtgitiser and 

the RANK XEROX 4020 printer, 

we've ail seen the usual demo 

pictures (remember oW Tut or Itie 

Newtel^ ^dy in wool?), but these 

poor reviewers never have the 

tin^ to seriously get lo grips with 

their review machines, tjetore they 

have to be returned to the asylum f 

and the machines to the manuiaciurer 

or distributor). So, what's it like to use this 





ALSO IN THIS MONTH'S CENTRE BYTES... 

WORPPROCESSING 

. sfyMng you atways wanted to Know about wordproces&ors but 
ware altaid it was too expensive to asi( TGM Lab tested, we put ail 
it% popiriar pad^ges through their paces. There's a ion of informa- 
' ;jn on w^ial lo lool4 out tor. ttow to get the beet out of it. and where to 
9tit It from PLUS Horror novelist Ramsey CampbeJJ as a WP guinea 
p<g. and pnnters to see the results on. 
• PaQe36 



SOCIETY OF SOFTWARE AUTHORS page 44 

HEW YORK EXPO page 45 

REPAIRS „.......„ .....page 46 

COMMUNICATIONS........... page 4a 

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CLASSIFIED ADS ..p*ge S4 

CONTROVEnSY ...page 58 

READERPAGE »...page 60 

MEL'S TRIVIA vuamEMuvrm ,. .^.jmmm 



eqit'^)menl and software, and 
are the resuUs as good as the 
demos wouVd indicate? 

Well judge for youi'self ofi 
these pages. The originals have 
come from various sources. 
DIGIVIEW is not a full colour 
dtgitiser, bul in comtMnation with 



a cotaur filter wheel in from of a 
normal black & while video cam- 
era it wifl scan ihree base colour 
planes (fed, green, blue — or 
RGB) and combine these to a 
full colour picture in any of Ihe 
Amtga s forrrYats, KJeally in HAM 
mode or in high resolution inter- 




lace, 

When to use ome mode or the 
other' Quite sini:pJe, tf y&u're 
looking for best colour rer>dftion. 
select HAM to give you 4096 dif- 
ferent shadings, but with only 
320 X 256 resoluttofi. If you're 
looking tor best resolution, 
choose hires interlace to give 
l^ou a usetui @40 n 5^2 pixels 
across the screen, but with only 
16 colours If your picture has a 
multitude ol prime colours (red. 
green and blue), choose HAM, 
othenwise you will tind 
DIG IV IE W selecting an idieal 
palette or 16 colours, but urmbie 
to cover sorrw »mportarvt Shades 
in the picture. The result is a 
removal of bright red lipstick 
froin leading ladies and other 
wetrd discolourations. 

But (ton t lorget, ^ digittsed 
image is not only necessarily 
good when it apjxoaches the 
ortginial in tone and hue. you 
may lind improvements on ttie 
Ofigmal by making use ot these 
inefficiencies and create, rather 
than just digitise, images, 

Newtek suogasi it>e use of 
tiuorescent K^hiting for their new 
titter wheel and witt^out going 
too technical, you need baf 
anced lighting with the cofreci 
colour ternpefature Iri practice. 
this means seleciing either mini- 
fluorescent strip lighting from 
your hardware sto/e or minia- 
ture htak>gen lighting. As long as 
the you're not imposing too 
much of a ooiour tint Irom yoiir 
light source, you can corrad the 
hue within DlGlVI^W It you re 
warned about expenrnenting, 
'■ V the speaat copy stand and 

. =Dr>g with your DIGIVIEW and 
vicleo can^ra, 

A good investment is also 
DIGIDROID — the motohsed lit- 
ter wheel, which selects the cor- 
rect colour filter under fuli pro- 
gram control and lets you mai^e 
a perfect, undisturt>ed cup of tea 
during full colour scans. 

What video sources can b& 
used with DIGIVIEW The 
answer is any. You can enperi 
ment with colour camcorders, 
mono carneras, video recorders 
or direct from TV, But there's a 
snag DIGIVIEW is onty 
equipped to harxjle a mono 
video signal. So you need extra 
equipment- Even it you're not 



worried about the colour ete- 
ment in the ptclure, you will 
need to hlter out \b& cokiur mod- 
ulation in the composite video 
signal, II you don't, you get a 
diagonal pattern across ttie digi- 
tised image. So if your colour 
Camcorder or video recorder 
doesn t have a colour kill tsutton, 
yov wilt have to improvise, More 
ol this in a future rssus 

It you re more audacious, you 
Will want to digitise colour 
images from your cokxjr cam- 
Qprder Or home video recorder. 
Tfiis means replacing tf\e ok} 
mechanical filter wheel wfth an 
electroriic setup, wMch splits the 
colour composHe signal Irom the 
vidieo source into separate RGB 
signals ar>d combines them with 
The compete sync signal and 
feeds them on demarxJ 1o 
DIGIVIEW 

Complicated.- ? You bet. So 
don't worry, a number of prod- 
uds will appear goon to (at you 
do this — at a price, tn tact, one 
such product is already avail- 
aiM. arv AMIGA COMBINER 
RGB whicti only works in oon- 
junction with tt>e professional 
RENDALE genlock, so be pre- 
pared to spend in excess ol 
£800, Of wail tor less expensive 
product to appear. The pidures 
on these pages were t^en 
mostly Ifom slides and kom a 
digital video recorder fed 
ttirough a very early prototype of 
a colour splitter video manager 
Irom FREL Ltd More of this 
product m the near future. 

Video recorder and cam- 
corder images pose another 
major probfem to DIGIVIEW, 
The scanning of an image can 
take several minutes and mufii 
theretoce be frozen for \h6 dura- 
tion ol the scan. That « obvicnis 
ly not a protJ^em with a still 
image such aS a colour slide or 
artwork, but it you have live 
action — say from a TV « film 
or home video movte — . tNs 
must be hailed and reialmed 
with a good quality and steady 
image. VBfy (ew video recorders 
have a petfaci still frame capa- 
bility due 10 the dynamics of 
storir>g inuges on magnetic 
media. 

The only useful solution lies 
With the new digital video 
recorders. This does not Impiy 



Left' a dithering Susan Sarandon, is she getting 

the righl vibesf Imset left; you shouldn't have 

said that about his mum — Sylvester Stallone 

over(rejiacting? 

Above, right: on the fly,., iteeie trsme vJdeo 

image dighlsed using a new prototype colour 

splitter video manager. And below it, a taste at 

things to come — Xorox print version, but 

what's the film? 

Inset right: Steve Outtenbero meets his match 

with Darryl Hannah in one ol her better 

mromenls in,..? 

Far right; a sweet looking Jutianne PhllNpB in.«.7 




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dtgn^ recording onio madia as 
itnlh CD disks, but dtQital rerer& 
to Ihe freeze- frame pfindple — 
trm lape is rut physK::ally hatiad 
on these mactim^. The picture 
is grabbed and digitised into 
RAM memor/ in the video 
recorder and output instead of 



lt>e moving" pfclure. In other 
words, a cornplete frame grab 
ber within the video recorri- - 
OiGlVlEW is to fecord An 
already digrlised image' 
Expertswe? Yes, bui don't forget 
if >rou're already fanting a video 
recorder, you're only^ looking at 




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of the bag who gel at least 
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B XEROX print of ttie lovely 
MJcheMe Pteftfer (pictured 
left). 

Please also stale what 
digitising equipment you 
alrwdy have or would like 
to purchase. Send ttre entry 
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DIGIVIEW GOLD V3.0 (Newtekf £129.95 

WV>4tO CAMERA WITH 8.5MM LENS [ Panasonic] 

£263.82 

OtGiDHOtO (Newtek) £59.95 

COPY STAND FOR D1GIV|£W (Newtek) £59,95 

AMtGA COMBINER RGB (Pure GraphicsJ £172.50 

AMIGA GENLOCK 8806 i A?000) (Rendale) £750.00 

XEROX 4020 INK JET PRINTER (RanK Xerox) El 437,50 

STARTER PACK (includes all necessary consumables): 

C146.68 

A fuM list ot products and suppliers will be published in the 
next issw or TGM ai^ Centre Byles. Watch Ihis spaoel 



Michelle Pleltfer (above) isn't 
wicked, but shie also isn 1 
ftdverliaing a hair ahompoo 
la .-7 

War isn't always a picnic 
(below) In, ..7 



the rental upgrade difference. 

Thtere are a number of digilai 
VHS recorders on the markeL 
so try them out t>etore you buy 
or fsni Selection of a cam- 
corder can aiso be tricky. Tlie 
probiem heie is fesoiulion, or 
fack of it! Your average VHS, 
VHSC or VIDEO 8 camcorder 
provides a resolution of 200- 
240 Una*, whicti is about ha>f 
{\\% image resoiutton of the PAL 
TV system you tiav© at home 
To obtain good results wtien 
digitising in HAM (320 x 256) Or 
in hires mteriace mode (640 x 
512) this IS insulfidenft and 
Newtek advise ttie use of 9 
mono video camera, as ttiis 
provides resolutions in excess 
oi 400 lirjeSn The only other 
option is the new SUPER VHS 
format which provides a similar 
resolution in cotour, and reach 
es the limll of the PAL video 
format S^ai- Again, be pre- 
pared to pay somelliing in the 
region of E 1 400 for this type of 
camera 

SUPER VHS formal records 
and outputs the luminance and 
cliromi nance element of the 
video signal separately, so you 
need an adaptor or colour split- 
ler/RGB-comtJine which lakes 
care of this, Perhaps you're 
best off following Newtek's 
advice after all. At under £3(X> 
a mono video camera ts good 
value for money. But tieware ol 
Its HmHations. Unlike modern 
camcorders there's no user- 
friendly macro facility, in fact 
you need a screwdriver to 



adjust the foca^ length range, a 
must tor slldie digitisirkgr t just 
hope the screw <s built to last, 

Anott>er niggly poinl is ttie 
Choice of the 8,5mm lens 
Check th« edge of itie scanned 
image and you find massive 
distortion. The ceintre area of 
the ima^e is lengltiened and 
the perimeter areas shorter>ed, 
Foftunatety. anyone you show 
the results to won't usually be 
able to compare original and 
digitised image &.ide by side, 
but the distortion can cause 
probiems on sorr^e geomeU'ic 
inrtages, 

Previewing is another prob- 
lem on olGlviev^ Untonunaie- 
ly Newtek have r>oi provided a 
monitor output for previewing 
and focusing' centering of the 
image. You musi purchase a 
video amptrlier with multiple 
outputs or wart for the new 
colour sp^itter/yideo managers 
which incorporate switchover 
between computer activity dis- 
play and video input monitor- 
ing. Who said digitising was 
simple? 

In the next issue I'll be dis 
cussing tt>e various compo- 
rtents in more detail and pro- 
vide son>e useful tips on t>ow to 
digitise slides — a chapter in 
itself Further there will experi- 
ences to report on RANK 
XEROX 4020 printing and anal- 
ysis of printing «jsls In ihe 
meantime t^e a k>oK at wicked 
witch Susan Sarandon in full 
Inkjet glory. 




34 TGM TX021 :8-89 



I 




GUIDE TO 
WORD 
PROCESSORS 
& PRINTERS 



Anyone who has to do a loi of writing wUI soon realise the 
bnutauons of a tvpewritet — if you make any major mis- 
takes or just want to jnake a few changes ihe entire 
□aga bas to ba re typed Obviously a word processor is a mxxst 
for iJiy writer whether you're wntmg magaaina arudes, bust- 
naas reports, novels or just letters. 

Eaity word prooessors weie very basic text editors. Spelling 
mimifcwi and typing errors could be rectified, paregraplis could 
be changed, ten could be moved or inserted to another part of 
the anide and words couJd be replaced automatioally with oth- 
ers However, word processors have come along way Whie 
many stUl retam these basic features they've been expanded 
upon For Instance many aUow t^ct to b« cut and pasted 
berween two files: multiple documents to be worked on at the 
same time; niajl merge and macros Some even alk>w graphics 
designed on an art utility to be included m a text f tie. 

So what then is the difjArenoa between a word processor and 
a deslctop pubhshing (DTP) package If truth be told very little 
Generally a word processor features better text editing focUi- 
tiet such as spell checkers and fmd and replace options, while 
DTP packages are best suited, for layout aiid graphic work 
However, the dividing lines are becoming increasingly tiluired 
tpute often word processors duplicate many of the options of a 
DTP padtage while lexi edltmg factHcies on DTP packages are 
beconung more sophisticated^ 

Wben purchasmg a word processor it's Inuporiant to consider 
what you want it for and what facilities you need This may 
tOttOd obvKnis but it lb poindess spending money on an expen- 
dve package when all you want to do is write letters Another 
eoosicteration is youi printer, Colour graphics import facilities 
are foie if you've got a colour printer but a bit pointless other- 
wise; also don't forget to check to see if youi printer is compat- 
QAt With this m mind read through the TGM guide to IS bit 
woid processors to fmd the package that suits your own pnce 
raoQe and needs. 



GLOSSARY 



ASCII American Standard 
Code for Irformation 
Interchange. A file format 
where just tbe basic codes for 
pnnimg the characters are 
saved -- le. all printer codes 
are srtnpped out Word proces- 
sors which Support ASCQ can 
eixetiange files with other 
ASCn compatible programs 
(and sometimes other com^* 
puiers. via serial ports or simi- 
lar disk formats) 
DOCUftHiNT Any file created 
in a word processor, can con- 
tain graphics and text 
DOCUMENTATION A bnef 
de^cnption of the manual Is it 
easy to understand? Or does 
it fail to highlight potential 
problems"? 

FONTS Types of character 
sets If your printer doesn't 
support a particulai font it 
won't be sSjle print it regard- 
less of whether the software 
can 

EASE OF USE What It's like to 
work with 

ORAFHICS Some word proces- 
sors offer the facility to 
include graphics in a text file 



However, few allow for muiu 
ooiouied images to be includ 
ed and will often reootour the 
graphjr. 

INTERLACE A screen resolu- 
tion mode on the Armga with 
a vertical resolution of 400 
Lnes 

MACRO A user-defined oper- 
auon A word can be 
tAdigned stnngs of frequendy 
used instmctlona which wiU 
be performed when ever this 
word IS entered, 
MAIL MERGE ITseful for pro- 
ducing a series of documents 
which differ only slightly 
from each other The most 
common use is to producH 
multiple letters with different 
names and addresses on 
each but the same body of 
text 

MISMATCHED WOltO Any 
word not found m a spell 
ctwc^wr'e dicuonary A mis 
matched word may not be 
misspelled it just isn't in the 
flictionary !f this is the atse 
most spell checkers aliow you 
to include it in the dictionary 
for future use 

MULTtTASKiNO The capability 
to run more than one pro- 
gram at a time The Armga 






TGM 1X021:8-89 35 



has Lhis facilitv buUtin. Many 
word processors allow thm 
usci ID edit several docu- 
ments at once and cui and 
paste between Lhem. 
ftOlHifTERLftCE A Scte&O. 
modis wiih a vertical resolu- 
tion of 200 lines 
POltn SIZE A unn of ineafiure- 
ment used by typesetters and 
printers lo measure font size 
Theie are fZ points per inch 
Common sizes include 8, 10 
and 17 point 

PRINTER Whai prmtois the 
packaae will output to. Check 
to see if your pnniei is coin- 
patible with any oi those list- 
ed 

PRODUCER Who to contact if 
you'ie iiUMested m any par- 
ticular program 
REQUESTOR A box thai 
apj^ears m a window as 
rL'sponse to a choice made on 
a menu requesting additional 
information to complete the 
command . 

SCRE^ The screen re^tu- 
tton This IS particularly 
umportont on packages that 
can miport giaphics. Higher 
lesolutjons allow Tor more 
detailed graphics. 
S4ZE5 Font sizes measuied m 
ixsint sizp 

SPEC I AC FEATURES Any addl- 
tioaal functions not nomtaUy 
featured on a word piocassQT. 
SPELL CHECKER/DiCTIQ- 
NARY/THESAURUS Details on 
sp«U cor t BCtion facilnie^ 
includmg the size of the 
mbuilt dictionary and any 
ChesaMrus functions. 
STYLES Alter nativF© ways of 
representmg the same font, 
Useful for hiQhlighung sec- 
tions of text 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 
Mmtmum hardware and soft- 
ware tequif ements to get the 
package up and runnmg. The 
moref powerful programa 
operate more efficiently with 
two disk drives and memory 
expansions for dicttonartes 
lAB GUIDE Our TGM Lab 
Roport at a glance overall 
appraisal of the piDgrani tak- 
ing m to oonfiideration ease of 
use, functions and pnoe 
WIMP Windows, icons. 
mouse and puU-down menus 
V.' Windows, icons, mouse 
;i:irl pointer, which some 
iiq-iit^ was the original inter- 

ii o( the acronym) 
,^^. are selected by point- 
ing to the desired function on 
a pull -down menu The stan- 
dard working enviiOrunent for 
most word processors 
WYSIWYG What You See Is 
What You Get Documenta 
appear on screen exactly as 
they wlU be printed fvery use- 
ful I— saves reams of paper' ) 
However, it relies on screen 
resohition and can be quite 
misleading at times. 



WORD PROCESSOR PACKAGES 



KCKAQE: Prowrite 
SYSTEM REQurRtiMCMTt: Amiga. 
&12K HAM, iticHsuijt I.?, oi later 
SCREEK: In ordi?i lo display pjic- 
tutes artd lejtt in th& same pro- 
portions ttial they will be pruited, 
Prowriio operates m high fesolu- 
Ltun mode. El you done owii a 
high resolution cnonitor Uie 
scT&^n will nickel. Kpwever, an 
addiuonal medium resolution 
v<<rswin is supplied on disk 
H,egardli«is ot which version is 
used both vtfiU ptmi in lughres, 
WVSIWYO; Yes. ut higit resolution 
only 

POWTS: Diarncmd, Emerald. 
Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, 
TopaJ 

STYLES: Plain, Bold. Italic, 
UnderiinQ, Superscript, Subscript. 
SIZ»; n. 2G. 

QXUkPfKA: Lmpons normal IFF 
pidurea such as Uioso creaied on 
the Ovtuxe Pauit series of art util 
ities as w^U as Hold And Modify 
(HAM} pictures. Although the 
Amigs is capable of producino 
4090 colours, most colour printers 
can only produce seven colours. 
When a muitl-oDlour picture is 
printed ihe printer produces an 
approximation of the on screen 
ooloure using a ditheruig tech- 
nique This works by printing 
two cxilours clc^e together to cre- 
au9 Che illusion of a third colout. 
For instance to produce dark 
blues the pnnter alternates 
between prmtmg blue and blaclc 
dots. Howevei. this method 
doesn't always produce satisfac- 
tory results. Prowrite attempts to 
rectify this by showing the 
dithered picture on screen along 
with options to control the 
degree of ditheruig Alternatively 
a graphic can be convened into a 
monochrome image. Pictures can 
also be resized both vertically 
and horizontally. Very close to a 
DTPpadcage 
MAIL MERGE: V^s 



PRINTER: Epson. CBM MPS 1000. 
IBM, Xerox and compatibles 
ASCU WTPUft Yes 
SPEll 

CHEC KER/DtCnONAR Y/THE- 
SAURUS: Mismatched words are 
highlighttid in a special re^jue^or 
where they can be ignored, 
changed or added to the 95,000 
word dictionary A suggest 
o(>tion Will diiiplay a lit^t ol simi' 
larly spelled words m a list bpx- 
Corrected words will automaii- 
cally replace mismatched words 
in the docuinent 
DOCUMENTATION Very detailed. 
The manual assume the user is 
familiar with WIMP environ- 
ments and Worktiencb hut never 
fails to explatn any option m suf- 
ficient detail for inexpenenced 
computer users. By the end of the 
tiist chapter the user is famiUai 
with spell checking, cut and 
paste, and basic document edit- 
ing functions While subsequent 
chapten show how to get moie 
out o( ihesf itrii! oih«r options. 
SPECUU. FEATURES: Supports 
AxiUQa mulu lesking. You can 
open sevi^ral documents simulta- 
neously in seve]fai windows and 
cut and paste between them 
EASE OF USE: While the manual 
gives detailed explanations of ail 
the program's functKins, anyone 
fanuMar wtth word prooessotrs 
will experience very few prob- 
lems using Prownte without it. 
Most of th« options are self 
explanatory and a little expen- 
mentation soon reveals the pur 
pose of those that^aren't. 
1fGMQuiOE;?ncedat£95 
PiuVt'i lie can't be grouped witfi 
the budget word processor $ not, 
IS it as expensive as some of the 
lop-end Amiga padtages. As 
such it tails in a shadowy middle 
ground which is fiequenily over- 
looked by many potential buyers 
Which IS a real shame because it 
Is a manreilous package — pow 



erful yet easy to use. 

PfMCE: £85 

PftOOVCER; N«w Hohzoas 

Scdtware Availahlfl in the LTK 
from HBM,<iikfltma, Brooldyn 
fioua*. 22 The Green, West 
Dravton. Middlesex UB? 7P0 
Tel: (OaSSil 444433, 

PACKAISE: Trnmira^tpl 

SYSTEM REQUtREMENTS: Amiga, 

bl2K KAM 

SCRSN: Low resolution, mter- 

laoe and rvon interlace modtti. 

wmWYH: There's a video pie- 

view option which allowB you to 

view a t' ■ •■' '■ :t ofthe 

actual I tjowevsr. 

you can ijijiiy v;i,'W tno document 
in ihlfi mode you can't edit it, 

FONTS L TapAl. 

STYtES PUnn, Bold. Italics. 
Undflilme. 

GRAPHICS: l4o graphics support 
MAIL MERGE; Yes. 
PRINTER: Any of Uwse featured 
in the Preferences directory on 
Worktscnch 
ASCII OUTPLTT; Yea 
SPELL 

CHECHER/D»CTIONARY/TNE- 
SAURUS; SfK:L!! ch^n-kmo i.-s rtone 
by a sepatatc> ].iEr.i>g[.uin cmU'ti 
TranapeEl Individual words oi 
entire documeitts can he apeHed 
chodned, Mismatched woids can 
bo corrected m a special 
reguesior and will be automau- 
cally replaced m the doaimenl. 
ignored oiT added temporanjy to 
the dictionary AKonauveiy, 
guess ■pi?llmrr wiU open & 
requesr words that are 

close in , , The default dic- 

tionary consists of 90,000 words. 
Woids can bo added lo it tern- 
poraitly but they wiU be lost onc» 
the Amiga has been switched 
off, unless a new dictionary is 
saved Tr.fds;;k 

DOCUMENTATtON: There are 
always itKssf users who wish to 



36TGMTX02l:e-89 



WP HORRORS! 



It'a all very well TOM lecturing yvu on whafa 
the tMtflt way to proc«e« your words and what 
•iqutfifnent to buy, bui how do ihe profess^en- 
Mte fio about lh«ir word processing days. 
Androw Ritson spoko io top horror writer, 
flaniAey Canipb«ll on the joros and cons of 
word pfbCftssing,., 

Ram««iy Campbcil) (author o! Ttie Hungry Mxyr, 
At^d&« tm^m and Oemows By Oayi^gin) is Hie 
raaponsibie owner of an Aprjcot 266, It's the diary 
of his night and daycares. 

The master ol horror s<t5 htirx^eid in his eh&lf, 
a green ilght biatlun^ his face in a ghosiiy gan^t) 
shiidii. Hfo computer lie* dorn^ant, t&s\mf} Its 
weary CPl^ (head), before b«ing isoughed into 
action by Its hideous owner. 

It's, ool R bad cgnipiiter,' he siiys,, proudly pSH 
ting hts WoFdstar 5 padiage. which he re^rds 
wiih high esteem, Preitty much uniik© tfie tnla- 
nious Amstrad manual' h& laughs with a conta^ 
giout smirk. Did you know Ihofe's even a best- 



semn^ book callad How Ta Uf^dsmmd Y^r 

.^VrisffVKf?' 

CampbeP t«gan ct^rriputing as an ignorant. 
Thie leap from the pneumahc-dnllir^ typewrttor 
to She word pfocessw began five year^ ago, 
Cornpulei Sp«ciaits1 Jtian Hill introduced hJm lo 
Ihe meiaf-kind. wiiri an invrllnfl hand. >ie y'are; 
Bhfli sakl one day, come piay on ihiev He natural- 
ly datit^ed with Ihe ccnlnoos Keyboard and look 
an immediate dislike lo it Hie r«$ponse7 GhHiairiy 
The phrase 'lata! Ofrof' crdpp«>d up and sonie- 
thtng disappeared off scra«^n. Most o0d inde^id. 

Hnwevef , since ibai shock 04 a bmp Bftd Qruni 
from the fxHitputer g metal gui, he's b«en ha^fiy 
with hlf newest con^panlon; ihe Aprtcot In conv 
paii&on has boon ever bo user-frw*dty, 
Oampbeli's Apncol is his closesi companion, 
Carelully, he cAr«>&e«& its mivtiry face with a 
iov«f $ totidi: speaking lo it m a lar greater pa^ 
than the printer prints. 

The most useful thing about this buio is that (t 
chfick? repeiilion. A diclKsoary ii> ihere for use, 
wNch i& extfemety powerful Qm comical 
occurence of the new system happengid whwi h« 
added tbe words grtj^some' ar>d 'o/ota^ue' lo 
Its literary banks. The computer's response^: 



Ceiitra Byt0B 



WORD PROCESSOR PACKAGES 



itL?e suaigbi into a piogiam with- 
out readtng the releva^i details 
fiist A tidtoriaJ early on in the 
nMnual is design^ied W3th them in 
toind pro^vjdmg a simple example 
of how to create, edit and save a 
docuo^Eit. G^eraUy Uie docu- 
nvstatjoit is One with aJI lelei- 
enoes to word prooesscfi jaigon 
d^rly explained. 
SPICIAL FEATURES: Designed 
to work with the DTP package 
ftclessional Page, 
EASE OF USii Virtually all fmc- 
tioas can be carried out with only 
afewkpy presses. 
LAB Oil IDE: Excellent text edit 
and layout Eacilities. Clearly 
aim^d at the senoufe user and at a 
baigain price Lack of graphits 
sup-port may be disappotdting but 
at such a cheap price it is easily 
imegiated in a low cost DTP set 
up. 

PmCES; £25. 
PflOOUCEHi Gold DiSk- 
Distiibuted in the UK by HB 
Maiiieting, Biooklyn House, £2 
The Green, West Drayton, 
Middlesex UB7 7PQ. Tel: (0895) 
444433. 

MCMGE: VVotdFerfect 
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 
Amiga, 51 2K RAM 
SCREEN: The text window can be 
set to ahy size using the usual 
wukJow resize prcx:edtires. 
Operafes in mediuin lesolutioii. 

FQfrrS: Many. 

SITLES: Plain, Bold, Underline, 

[talics. SupersciipiL, Subscript. 

Overstrifee 

SI2E$: User<lefined 

BRAPfllCS: No graphics unpo^t 

Jaolities 

MAIL MERG& Yes 

ntiNTER: A separate disk oontrols 

an printer configuration opttons, 

Mftst dot-mauuc and mafly otfter 

types of printer are catered lor. 

ASCII OUTPUT: Yes 



SPEIX 

CHECKER/D<ICTIONAffY/THE^ 
SAURUS: A ^'iepafato disk takes 
care of the spell check, dictionary 

and thesaurus hmctions. 
Mismatched words are highJight- 
ed along with a list of simllaily 
speLed alternatives. Other correc- 
tion options include the Phonetic 
option which produces a list of 
words which sound stmiiai to the 
mismatched word. Any correc- 
tioDs will automatJcaiEy appeal in 
the document Dictionaries can 
be set up loi specific purposes 
such as business or computing. 
Not only can words be added to 
the dictionary but they can also 
be deleted when you feel they are 
redtmdant. 

WordPerfect features a fully 
developed thesaurus Option. 
Once activated, woids are easily 
selected usmg the cursor The 
program then pioduces a list of 
possible alternatives Should you 
decide va setea any of Oiese ihe 
old word will be substituted in 
the docuinem for tfte new one. 
DOCUMENTATION: A huge 600 or 
SO page manual. Incredibly 
daunting and incredibly detailed. 
The size of the manual makes it 
difficult to locate exact informa- 
tion quickly and quite often sev- 
eral pieces, located in different 
sections of the manual must he- 
cross referenced to fully under- 
stand a function. However, a cam- 
prehensive tutonaJ section helps 
teach Biajiy of WordPerfect s fea- 
tures. 

SPECIAL F^TURiS: Sequences of 
insEnjctions can be assigned ic 
MACROS 

EASE Of USE: I>efin:tely not for 
beginners Basically it's difficult 
to use because ttieie are so many 
faalEties to master, Some options 
ajre not immediately aooessable 
and a fair amount of documenta- 
tion reading is necessary before 
you can start using the program 



adequately Fortunately, a tutorial 
disk 15 supplied and a help option 
provide a quick keysLioke relei- 
ence guide. If you're still prone to 
getting lost (which is likely for a 
good whUe} a template with a fuJt 
li£t of key functions fits over Lbe 
Amiga keyboard. 
LAS GUIDE: WordPerfect is gener- 
ally legatded as one of the best 
word processors available for the 
Amiiga and quite rightly so. The 
editing and layout features are 
everyiliing you could want in a 
word processor and more. 
However, the price is rathe? pro- 
hibitive and only worth the outlay 
if you're really serious about 
word processing or DTP 
PnCE:£2Za. 

PftOOUCIA: WPCorp Products 
Supplied in the UK by EleOric 
Distribution, Meadow Lane. St 
Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs PE17 
4LG. Tel (0490H9^89. 

PACKAGE: Tlisfs Vi^rite 
SYSTEM REQUIREMEIfTS: Atari 
ST. 5i2K RAM. 
SCREEN: Medium resolutioa. 
WYSIWYG: Yes 

RHfTS: Pica. Elite. Times York. 
Rods, Helbo, Greek. 
STYIES: Plain. Boid. Underlmet 
Double UndetJined, Stnke 
Through, Italic, Superscript, 
Subscript, Symbol. 
SilSSt Varies aoootding to font 
and style. 

(JHAPHICS: No graphics support, 
MAIL MERGE: Yes. compatible 
Willi some database packages 
such as dBMan. 

PIHNTER: Most 9-pin and 24-pui 
dot -matrix printers also the Atari 
laser 5LM 804 
ASCII mjfmjti Yes. 
5PO± 

CHE€KER/0lCT10NAnv/THE' 
SAURUS: Fast spell checker The 
dictionary ts kept m RAM when- 
ever possible. Also one of the few 
programs to suEqxm foreign Ian- 




Horror author RAmsey Csrnp&eti 



Do jrou reauy want to add 'i^me *wrtfe? 

CarripbelL laugfis giiigedy, his heart tkiting like 
an old graFidfatf^ec dock. 

Ca<TipbeJT was a latecorrwr to wrord processing 
Howevaf, hd agm&6 Hs us&g&s are ^ntihfi A 
cornptel^ly differarrt pntrrf-s^t oomes into pla^f 
ofwe 1 switch irom longhand to scfeen, Cfeative 
enefgy 'i% ust^aliy usurped on paper, and revision 
on acreen, I can rww ^tm oomptele r eOundancies 
o* lej(t on se^ng a pnnfed page, i guess the thtfig 
which coftvinc0di nn* of WPs' advantages was 
ttmif abifrty Id cut here and ther^e. without scfew' 
ing up pieces ol p^ies afKi hsvittg io etari ^abi/ 

Canpbefl begirm his daily wmiriQ shift at 
7;30am* Tho morntr^ is swaKcnraid up by thinHtng 
jmagtn^d>v0ly. Cf^tivity is an eadjf nx>rfiir>g pdort- 
^. Whting noft-ficBon, whkc*i he r^gard^ as b&tng 
rrx^fs laierat, can be don« straigM onto screen 
wUhOirt (hd us© of 1+19 mrahty swwd — frw pen. 

Has he any r^&t£ of t^i&m#ss to vent ^^aih^Sl 
(tje computer ifKlystrv aJ iaf^? 

Yes, h« ^ues <tefiafi!^, flaying £3,000 tor a 
system and b^^ tokf to simply go away and use 
k is nol my ktea of s^^sman^ip.' Ha adds: "Wa 
once had a prcWem — the compufsi' rsfused to 

conmu&d m page 38 



guages |cunenUy German and 
Dutch, others available on 
request J, 

OOCWIiNTATION: Concise manu- 
al wrineii with beginne/s in 
mind. 

SPectALFEAIUflES: Font editor 
for user-dehned character sets 
includmg logos aod other sym- 
bols 

EASE OF WE; ViHT simpte. As 
any key oa Che keyboard caii be 
assigned its own maao you can 
efitectively customise the pro- 
gram to Suit your own wntmg 
and layout habits. Selections 
need never be nK»e tfian a key- 
press away 

LAB GUIDE: A reasonable woid 
processor with a wide setecHon 
of fonts {n»re sie available) 
which slK»uld appeal to those 
who wish to vary the appearance 
of their text. The font editor 
proveiS 10 be very useful for 
adding a personal touch to a doc- 
ument in the form of a custom 
kjgo 

PfltCE; £129 
PHODU^R: Cavendifih 
Distributors Ltd. 209 Tottenham 
Court Road, London W1 9AF Tel 
(Ol) 323 4761 

PACKAGE: K-Word 2 
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Atan 
ST. 5i2itfiAM 

SCRGEIt: Medium resolution. 
WYSIWYQ: Yes. 
FONTS; Just the one. 
STTLEfc Plain. Italic, Bold. 
Underline. 

SIZES: Non -changeable. 
GRAPHICS: No gmptUCS support, 
MAIL MERGE: Yes 
PB*NTEH: Includes a printer con- 
figuration program which can be 
adapted to tami popular makes 
of printer The configuFatKin rou- 
tines also work wiUi other soft- 
ware application i^ckag^:. 
ASCII OUTPUT; Yes. 

spa± 

CBECKER/DfCTlONARY/lHE- 
SAURUS: K Word does not lea- 
•.^■.. ^:., :,peU checker, theSBunu 
or dictior^ary options of its own. 
However, it is fuUy oimpatitda 
with K Spell and KRogei (also 
from Kkima} which provide exten- 
sive docuovent correction facih- 

DOCUMENTATION; SmOe tiUs Jsnt 
a pa; ' omplex word pro- 

cessor ,rLuai isn't overly 

long Shouldn t pose any ptoi> 
iems for anybcxly 
SPECIAL FEATURES: Frequently 
lonsorwojds 
any one of ^e 
r . t-.L-ya 

EASE OF k^E: Operates m a 
wiMF envtronroent wtthoitt 
hordes of windows to clutter up 
the soeeiv twy easy to use Aii 
the editing functions are- easily 
accessed with just a few clicks of 
the mau*e. There's even a hetp 
option which provides bi lel 
explanattDns q( some of the pro- 
gram's funaions just in case you 
get lost. The document editing 



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\ I ili'.i-^^. including cut and. pa<td 
:u..i ;.:jlanclteplacp at^n't 
(developed tQ A p nh 

<f*0t«'butaiet' : > ■- 

nent rm everyijay use. 
LAB OlflDC; Aimed very much at 
Uie first umeuser The pfogiain 
IS preseDtod m a Donansaiue 
nuuum witbout tiefty manuals or 
ovflf comptex meriiui While Eoost 
otMr ST word procesBors are 
moic- 50pliixticatecl (and expen 
sj.vej It's wionh askintf yoursoil d^ 
you need reaios of functtons'' K- 
Wofd 2 L£ tutly compatihte with 
the IC range of applicaiian pack 
ages iiam Kuma Prissently these 
include a speU cbeckejt. a the- 
saurus, B documectt lEdffiCing sys- 
tem and a spreadsheet By mat 
irtg the program modulai you can 
adapt It to suu your own needs 
without paying for functions that 
','1!] won't uso Lack of ij^rsphics 
h ..pport Is disappointing but si 
VQU cin3y want a word proc^sor 
to wnte weU ptesent«ci l«tt«{$ K- 
Wofd 3 IS more than adequate. 
PfliCE:C39% 
PfiOtHlCEfl: Ktuoa Cotnputers 

'iorseshoe Park' 

itne, B«r)tahue Rea 7JW 
Teik 07357)4335, 

PACKAGE: Protext (v«T^idil 4.2) . | 

SYSTEM ȣWIIRCMENTS; Atari SI* 

or Anuga with minimum of SIZK 

RAM 

SCREEN: Medium resolulioii 

WTfSlWTfl: Yes, 

FONTS: Just one 

STYLES: Plain, Bold. UiidfflrLin«, 

Italics. Condensed, DcMJhle Strike 



Pica 



Suiwo-jpi SupersT] 

SIZES: Standard ttv^ 

ST or Amiga 

WUPMCS: No graphira Impart 

faciliiy. However, simple line 

bosrrs can be drawm. 

MAJL MERGE: Yes 

PfnNnit; E{son. Diablo, HP 
Laseqet and oompatihles Otlwi 
makes of printer are easily con- 
hmnt^ for us« with Piotexl. 
ASCII OUTPUT: fes 
SPfU 

CHECKER/OlCTIONAflV/THE- 
SAUAUS: Bujll m 70.000 wotd die- 
tkinarV' Mismatched words can 
b« kgnored or added to the dicito- 
naiy There's also a speU check 
while typ ingjac tmy 
OOCUMPfnulOM: The manual on 
^ailier vfrtaton^ wm rather mud- 
died; it was often difficult to 
locBld exactly what you were 
JooJEinofar ThanlduUy m the lat 
est version itus has btieo 
improve 

SraOAL FEATURES: CompatiMe 
With sooie other woid processors 
indtiddig Fust Word on ifie ST 
EA$C OF USE: GeneiaUy straight 
forwatd Initialiy verv easy lo use 
but some ol the more complex 
functtona cah be a bit Ult^ to 
irtaater However, the new 
improved inanual is a ODftsldei- 
ableh^ 

lAI ttJiDE; A popular word pro- 
cessor for both the ST and Amiga 
and oonunual revisions ensure 
good aft«f safes support perhaps 
4 little ovmirioed m view o( the 
lack of gtapbk:s ooimmainds 
Nevertheless an ostcellenl word 



processor 
PRICE: £dd 95. Owners of earlier 
vi^riiioas can purchase an 
upgrade at a disoouitt 
WOOUCEII: Arnoi, 611 Lincoln 
8oad, Pet«thoroi*gh PEI 3KA Tel 
J07U) £8909. 

PACHACE: Tlrst Word Plus 

{Vet8lcMl3.14) 

SVITEM RCQUIRGIIENTS; AVU\ 

ST. 51 2K EU^M. 

SCRC0i: Htgh and mediuin rma- 

lution modieit are supported. Foi 

high les you'll need a spectaf 

mono momtor Medium les works 

wall With TV£, although diatin 

guishing a comrna and a lull stop 

la difficuii oa smalto seta, 

WVSlWVO:¥es. 

RMTTS: Pica, Elite, eitpandsd aiul 

condensed 

STYLES: llahc, uilderliilied. SUptiir- 

script. suhsCTipt can he com ^ 

fjined and presented in bold. 

mediu m or Ught. 

smfc Ju5t one. 

GRAPHtCS: FWF OOEDM vtnth a 

S[ifi|jstH>i: acceaaory vtttich can 

Snatch any pictures Created by a 

QEM based package and jMSta 

them ml,., d document Theresa 

alao a DegaSnap for use with 

Qo^as and Degfat Eiiie 

HUM. MERdE: FWF oomes with 

Flint Mail ^ a maS meiige pack- 

aga sold separately fof £14 9S 

Bes,ides FWP dataliles you can 

use f!Qes ttom H&D Bas«, 

LaverBase. DB Master One and 

dBMAN to Croats form letters 

pmNTEn: Brother HH datsywbeei 

series (exrept HB t) DiablQ 



CMiplieFI. fnxR prB¥foM 



pnnT out It &at tliere glumly convimc^d It was about 
to do somelhing, but Ft didn't We rang Aprioof — 
Ihey said il was a software iaan. Vte rang the soft- 
wtrv pioducQfs: ihtii response — wait in a queue 
and be paOenl' Thankfully, Jesn Hill performed 
QfMft-t)eflri sufgery and solved the praoem. The 
flrily jM^wftv — stoaptess nJghte. 

Woutd CampMll be interested in toOowtng CUve 
Baffcjef, aiTd seeing his name on ihe computer 
gan^e shelves? WoiJid ifie Idea ol ruwe^ conversion 
ID screen anracs the yourqw generaiion? "Oh 
undoUHedy YES \ think H whM he greet fun. 
Lefs hope 50ftie scttwere housei apf>rpaehes me!' 

Campbell's househokj doesn t cofiiair any addic- 
bve computer games. He does bravety admit to 
often whilkng away tfie hdurs sitting in a spacepod 
simulator down at the tocal arcade. Sitting iig^tiv m 
a enit and weaving yourself in betweer) an astaraid 
Shower is tun. he gleams, but addtchon admittedly 
tt frtghienirtg. Fortunately, my children haven't ool 
itwiir miiile^ into the danws martinet, althoogn I 
wouHdnl dtoeoufogtthem.' 

Campbell's most recall viefiture inio Itie apoc^ 
oiypOc (tihire was The Hungr/ Moon (available on 



Amw Boo^s) — a podrayal of the sh«k>wy era of 
posl-nudear war- Is he afrajd of nuo^ar l8ChrKjk> 

fly' 

Of course, yee. Sut i! is usages whict% are dan- 
gerous PrimanJy its us«h$ are economK: ^ cfieaper 
goods ai a fasier rate. Bui the drawback is the old 
Freudian idea — once you learn to db something, 
yog cant undo iil Csrt you? Dependence is als« 
dangerous,' 

Rom darkrwsa to Hghi, Campbell add^esaes Hie 
comtaa! side of . compuiing 1 dont know wtwthar 
this is true >n Bniain, but *n Amenca, there s a com* 
puier game whereby if you feed in the wrong eigit, 
your whole system wifi be fused-' A bjl Hue f)us$iao^ 
Roulede? Ves, he hatils L»napo(ogetic^, 

His pastirrws include watching re- runs oi Tron — 
the computer -generated film Will he t>e employing 
the sefvices ol a robot cleaner shoukJ ora land on 
ftis doorsiep? Emtrmm.' he cowls, I'd have toi 
examine H pretty carefully. &ui it sounds fun doeent 
VI? Of course, a maJfunction woukl be something 
else. 

The conversation ended abn^Jtty iMHh the mva- 
sKjn of a hum His computer bfinked ar»d yswned 
Are you talking about me 7 it bleeped. 



daisywtieel, Epson FX. RX, JX 8 
ooAour printei, LX and LQ. IBU 
Petaooal Graptucs prtntar and 
Pft>f3ffinter, Juki 6100 daisyvfbod. 
Star. Qume Sprint daisywheel 
series (except IC), Atari SMM804 
and oimpatlblas. There's also a 
Standanl ASCII printer driver 
and a cuvtoroise printer driver 
option 

ASCH OUTPtJT: Y« 
fPEll 

CHCCItEII/tHCTIONARY/TMC' 
SAURUS: ^0.000 word dictionaiy 
With opuon 10 cnole auppiamen' 
taiy dictiooadai whi^ can be 
mauitaload tepaiaiely. or owged 
with the main dictionarv wtuch 
currently takea lew than a 
tninu^ to load. Docunienta aiay 
be spell diK^ed all in one go. or 
continuously with a beep 
announcing each misspelling ai 
u'a input 

dOCtiMfifnTtiON: A sturdy rii^ 
binder talws both FWP and First 
Mall mainjctions. Both are well 
laid out aitd oompr^wnsive (FWF 
uaehiUy aq^ilaua whyoany 
pilntars have protema with NLQ 
Mabcal. the indexes could be bet 
teitlioi^fh. 

tPRlM. fUnMOi mab'b«Hd 
Scn^ file and a spill faattue 
which expfoiu a hard disk lo 
aUow bigger documents 
EASC OF USEt FWF takes the 
basic First Word WP roost people 
wdl tie faniiUar with and oat. oiity 
adds addlHooal laabina but 
improvoi eadsttna doea (le 
putting beadar ban on file seiec- 
tors ao yvu can tM whetbei ibe 
menu is fof daliTtftg at edaing 
files] Also weteonta are stadatlca 
(words, remaining disk/BAM 
9pa>»), Save and neaunu and 
backcpround priiuirm wtule edU- 
ung In sbotl an ekttemaly usBT- 
iriendly [Htigrwn 
IAS dUlDE; FWP IS one Of the 
most powerful CEM-besed word 
processors around and the natu- 
ral choue (or upgfadug First 
Word users. 
PRICED ai 9S 
PRODUCER; OST SoHwaie 
QisLributed ui the UK by Elactilc 
Distribution. Meadow Lane, St 
Ive9. Huntmgdon. Cambe EtEt7 
4La Tel (04801 496789. 

PACKAaE: Worrt Wciier ST 
SySTEM REQUtREMENTi.* Atari 
ST. 513K flAH A RAM ffitpeniiion 
ts lecomiaeflded to make eflec- 
tiva uve of the spell checker 
SOim; Win work in high or 
medium tea modee, but not krw 

Jim 

WYSlWYd: YeS- 
RWrS: Just one 



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SUES; Jusl one 
ttVLES^ iLaiicB. bold. tii^. siib- 
Ktipi and superscttpt inay be 
mixed and maiched as usual 
OUPMC&No. 

MM. WERQe: Y€S. Can draw dais 
frm TSmeworlLS Swiftcalc St and 
D«a Mdnagei ST 
FRHITER: A wide range includmg 
Alan 804, Brother HR senes, 
Ciujsen P35, Conm^t. Epson. 
Juki, NEC 3550. Paoasoiuc. 
Diablo. Toshiba, Seilio. Star. 
Ctume, Transtar, OkunGMje and 
dompatibl^s 

ASCi OUTPUT: Yes (vja printer 
firivef) 
9KU 

CHiCHER/DlCnONARY/TTiE' 
UUfltJS: SQ.OOO EngLsh dicUp- 
tuai amd 60,000 hey woid the- 
rautiis Untoriunateiy on a stan- 
dard 520 STFM the size of xhB 
dictionuy meati^ you re unabte 
to spell cbeck dociiment$ at more 
than a couple of pages withciut 
ronning out of rnemorv. 
D{>CUMENTAT10N: Geiwn% 0OO4 



except for the allimpoitaiit print- 
er section which is rathei small 
and noi verv mfomiatitfe. 
SPEClAt FUTURES: A USeftf] 
'Integrated OutUne Processof' 
which uses a Mielied series of 
labs to help with planning out 
essays etc, 

EASE Of US& Sp«ll Checking doc- 
uments Is one of the most tedious 
WP functions, and if you've got a 
megabyte of memory or more the 
90,000 word dictionary is 
exuemely attractive, [n addition 
□Dce ytiu chcxise to i^ote a woid 
on a S|ieU check sweep ail further 
occurences of the word ate 
ignored as weU The Lhesaurus is 
reasonable as well, though a disk 
access is reqiwed for each word 
yoti warn to find synonyms (or 
Wdfd Wriiei ST is comp«kiLbie 
with both First Word and FWP 
LAa OUIOC: A suponor speil 
checli. bold menu headings and 
QuicIk Kgy system make ijus a 
senoits nvaJ to FWP in many 
respfjcts 
PRWE: £79.95 

PRODUCER; Tuneworfcs AvailobEe 
ui the UK liom Electric 
Distribution. Meadow Lane. St 
jves. Huntmacion, Cambs RE17 
4LG Tel r(MaOM9€7^. 

PACKAGE: Word up 

SYSTEM REDUmEMENTS: Atan 

ST. 5i2K HAM If.^U iioeded for 
giaphics import options and some 



pnnteis. It's also advisable to 
h^ve either a douMe skied disk 
dnve or an additional drive 
SCREEN: Medium or high resolu< 
tjoD- Smaller fonts would piwe dif- 
ficulties on most TVs. 
WYSfwVO; Yes. 
FONTS: Swiss (like Helvetica^ 
Dutch (like Timee), Typewiltai: 
Sm£S: Piatri, Botd, LiOhl. 
Skewed, Outline, Underline, 
Broken Underhne, Double 
Underline, Sirtkethrough, 
Superacnpt, SuJ:>s€ript. 
«IZE3:8. 9. 10. 12. Z4 
GRAPHIC^ Imports graphics &01It 
Vvgiis Elite, Neochiome and m 
OEM miage format However, 
ooloui graphics are automalicallv 
converted to moncKhiome images 
and some adjustmenLs may have 
to be made to Uie graphic to 
ensure ihat tl]e colours remam 
Uieu origmal mtensities Graphics 
can be resijied eilher manually or 
with aspect' latio scahng options 
to maint^n the origma! width and 
height ratios 
MAIL MGnOfi: Yes 
PmNTlR: Epson FX/EXJJX/LQ. 
Atari ShTM804. Star Gemini lOX 
and SG series. CiLizen Tribme 224 
nnd compatible pnnters. 
ASCII OUTPUT: Yes 
SPCU 

ChECKfS/OlCTfONARY/IHE' 
SAUHUS: NOTj'.' 

DOCIiMENTATION: Good, with a 
nice Ouidt-Start mini-manual. But 



the pilnier section ooukl ve been 
more substantiaL 
SPEiCtAi. FEimMES: IndividDa] 
words can be tei>laood with 
Uocks of text usmg the Gkissary 
(qMJon. For insianoe there misy he 
a partjculav pteoa of text that you 
use trequeoity. Instead of typmg 
UUs time and time agaki it can be 
asfiigaed a ksywofd of your 
choice. When ever this word is 
typed into a document it wHl be 
naptaced with the relevant blodt 
oftem 

EASE Of USE: To begin wttti the 
disks must be backed up in a 
Jflfigthy process, and Uicn old 
First Word files must be cofivert- 
ed to ASCn fall codes stripped 
out} to be read by Wordup Otioe 
past all this Wordup ts reasombly 
uaer-lfiendlv 

LAB GU40E: Wordup ts a powerful 
tool as regarcis the final prmt-out, 
offering a wide- range of opttona 
from fonts to texi size, but lacks 
both a spell check and Fit-«t Word 
compatibility PotenLal buyers 
must decide for themselves 
Wbtttber the pros outweigh the 
signifiQant cons. 
P«IC£: i:5<l 9S. 

PfHMMiCEIh Neotton. Available 
from HB Marketing. Brooklyn 
Houjse, 22 The Green, West 
Drayton. MkHtleflex UB7 7PQ. Tel; 
(01^5)444433 



ATTENTiON 

NEC PC ENGINE ANNOUNCEMENT, 

NEC Corporation, NEC Honne ElecHronics Ltd, and NEC (UK) Ltd (collectively 'NEC hereinafter) have 

r«c«ntfy become awara that the PC engine ts being offered for sale in the United KingdOfn. 
NEC believe that it is important that UK fOnsunierS Should be awar« of the foUouvIng informatkHt. 



1. The PC ENGINE is a product mijntrfartured by NEC Nortme 
Elettrpnic) ttd for ui# with the NTSC transmit»on systcfn. 
tt Is not compatible with tfie UK PAt transmiision systefli' 
nof any other non NTSC tranimttsiort syttem. For tftll 
reason. NEC Corporatkxi docs rfot market the PC ENGINE in 
Itw UK or in any other lEC countriei. 

2. There are no authoriied distributors of the PC ENGINE in 
the United Kingdom at present. 

Therefore, if you are offered a PC ENGiNl wt^ch is said to 
be compatible w'tHh the PAk tyjtem or any tranimission 
system oAer than NTSC, you should be aware that it will 
have been modified by a third p4rty. 
This modification is made withrout NEC's permlsfioo 
or approval. 



In tfic event chat a defect should arise in any modified 
PC ENGINE you must contact the dealer from whomi ywi 
purchased the product. NEC cannot Iw held responsible for 
any defects tn any modified PC engine nor be involved In 
any disputes between purchasers and sellert of luch 
products. In particular, NEC (UK> Ltd cannot respond to 
service calls in respect of any modiffed PC ENGINE, 
Please note that the guarantee provided with each PC 
ENGINE Kitd In Japan by NEC Ho<me Etectron»» ltd extends 
only to the use of the unmodified PC ENGINE in Japan and 
thefefore NEC cannot assist you if you purchase a 
modified PC ENCINE in itm UK. Any othet i|uarantee pro- 
vided with a PC ENGINE in ttw UK is not an NEC guarantee. 
Finally, any modified PC ENGINE'S sent to NEC (UK) Ltd for 
servicing will lie returned to the lender. 



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TGM LAB GUIDE TO 
PRINTERS 



For anyone mtereswd in 
word processing, desk- 
top publishma or other 
applications (fiom music to 
spreadigheei^) a pnntST mav 
be Uie singlo^ most expensive 
Item you buy loi vour oompui- 
er Obviously dyoum atoui 
to part wuh a tidy some of 
money you want to know 
exactly whoi u> look for; 
diodf out UiG glossary for a 
full e^cplanation or prmter jar- 
gon Tlie fust thing lo decide 
is piecisely what you want 
youi priiiier for — different 
types of printer are suited to 
different funrtions Then 
decide how much you've got 
to speDd end take a took 
through the TGM guide to 
printers 

Daisywheel printers are 
greet for word processing ot 
any package where you 
requue quality output^ 
However, there MB a severaj 
diBWt^cks They are often 
expensive iwe couid only find 
one below £500), prmtuig is 
slow, they orJy come with 
one font and they can't print 
graphics — so they're not a 
lot of use with DTP softwere. 

Chances are you'll want 
use your prmier with severaJi 
padtages and print graphics 
as weU Bs text. U you're on a 
tight budget its best to go for 
a dot-matrix printer. These 
aie the mcst popular type of 
sub-£1000 printej and can 
cope with any type of output. 
Tlwf e are two mam types of 
dot-matrijc printers; 9'pm and 

NECP2300 



24 -pin. Provided you're not 
after high quaLty output a 9- 
pin printer is fine, they're 
often cheaper tool 

Itik'iet and laser printers 
vyUJ probahly be outside the 
budget range of most TGM 
readers and are only neces- 
i^ry where extremely high- 
tiuahty output is necesseiy — 
desktop publishmg for exam- 
ple However. TOM did find 
one inlC'jet prmter below 
£1000- 

The prices quoted are the 
manuiacturets own reoofn- 
mended retail pnc^ 
Generally these prices are 
artihciaily increased due to 
EEC levies on Japanese print 
er imports which make up 
80% of the dot-matrix printer 
market However. H you're 
prepared to shop around you 
should find some reftsonable 
discounts The only hktden 
msi to watch out for lg the 
prtntei lead, the caible needed 
to connect the printer the 
oomputer A suitable lead can 
cost anything from £& £10 
Printer manuf actuiers usually 
make their own lange of 
accessories including replace- 
ment nbbons, buffer expan- 
sions and sheet fevers 
Contact the manufacturet for 
relevant pnoe lists. Finally iJ 
your prmiei should break 
down after the warranty has 
expired TGM Centre Bytes 
features a full list of indepen- 
dent repair services which 
repair various makes of print- 
ers. 



GLOSSARY 



BUFFER The pnntei s own 
memory Computers serid teirt 
to theprinter much faster than 
it can pr^mt, so the pnnter 
needssomewhere to tern- 
porariiy store the incoming 
information Alimitcd amount 
Of information can be stored 
in the buffer. Information that 
can't be immediately placed 
m tbe buffer wUl remain m 
the computer until it can be 
sent; effectively locking up 
the computer until theie is 
sufficient space in the buffer 
Therefore, large buffers allow 
you lo return to using the 
oomputer quicker bemuse the 
printer can temporarily store 
the inforrnation in its ovro 
memory Jusi like computer 
memory buffer size la mea- 
surett m kilobytes (K). 
CARRIAQE This physical part 
of the prmter handles the 
p^per OBVIOUSLY larger car- 
riages can handle (aiger 
ptPtes of paper 
CHARACTER Any letter, num- 
ber or printed symbol. 
COUHWi Wtcmi The number 
of characters that can be 
printed on onehne: deter- 
mined either by caniage 
width or software. 
COillESPOmiCNCE A pmt 
mode liHiween draft and 
NLO 

DQT MATRIX A kind ol printer 
that produces characters as a 
senes of dots in vertical lines 
The most popular type of 
home computer printer. 
Suiiablie for priming graphic 
DRAFT The quickest and low- 
est ctuality print mode 
Suitable for printmg rough 
drafts. 



CPS Print speed measurecf in 
ctiaracters per second 
DPI The prmt resolution mea- 
sured in docs per inch. Higher 
resoluliDns produce better 
quality prtn!. 
FONTS The number of cyp^ 

iPSOii COMntrtfiLE Epson 

largely ptoneered the fiek] of 
low-cost dotmatrut printers 
with tJie Epson FX-K3 
Printers that are said to be 
Epson oompattble will work 
With software which works 
With the Epson series o( 
printers — which mdudes 
most packages. 
LQ Letter-quality: a high-qual- 
ity pnnt mode Envolving two 
printer bead passes — usual- 
ly a quarter of the tpeed. 
MODE Different print modes 
produce different staiidards 
of output Modes are usually 
selected by switches on the 
printer, or via software codes. 
The highest quality modes 
(SLQ and LQ) prmt at the 
slowest rate 

NLQ Near-tetter quality. On 
the lower cost printers this is 
usually the highest quahty 
print mode 

PiMS Dot-mainx printers pro- 
duce each character by draw- 
ing a series of vertical lines 
Pins refer to the the number 
of dots in each vortical line 
So 24 pin printers produce 
better quality prmt than 9-pin 
pnniers 9 pm printers have 
largely been iuperseded by 
24-pins printers and can often 
be bought at reduced pnoes. 
SLQ Super -letter quality 
Found on some makes of Star 
pnnters this pnnt mode 
reputedly produces 48 -pin 
quahty output usuig 24- pin 
technotogy. 



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THE SOFT OPTION 



Around one year ago, Mev Dfnc and Jonathan 
Dean discussed the idea of forming an organisa- 
tion to represent the programmers' interests. It 
was not until now that they were ready to dis- 
cuss the formation of the Society of Software 
Pubilshers. Dominic Handy spoke to Mev Dine 
aboirt the Society... 



The Society of Softwaje 
Authors IS r&Mly to 
receive applicaiionE. For 
ib» fum lun« ever, prograjn- 
■nera have thetr own orgarusa- 
tion to look afier theii own 
very speciiie mle jests (»nd I'm 
not iiist talking money), 
CbBliman ol Che soul body ts 
Jon Dean, a pfogranuner and 
developei at Konix Assistant 
Chatrtnan and mntTvatoi is 
Mev Dine 

Mev IS a. tongUme ZBO pro- 
gramme; and is currently in 
ttuB pfooesB of publishing his 
tiljfst game thiough his own 
company Vivid Image. Also 
helpmg out are Dr David 
Pringle, head of Oxford Digital 
Enterprises, who have just 
signed an exclusive deal with 
EntertainiQent International to 
produce games on then own 
label, Empire 

Alao volunteermg then 
experleitce is Jacqui Lyons. 
Jacqui's a prograinmers' agent 
at Marjaoq MiOo, represent- 
iim ebe Uhes of Argonaut 
(SiBrglideT H). Steven Dunn 
(Spectrum Staighdei. U. Virus 
and Vivid Image's first game}. 
Aicher MacLean (Dropzonen IK 
Plus), ajKl David Braijen {Eiite. 
Vitus]. Hod Cous0])s, 
Activtsiion suprenu). is helping 
out with the ftmdraising He's 
ptrevknisly helped with cash 
on Soft Aid and War On Want 

Have you had a lot of coopera- 
tion from the software pub- 
Ushers^ 

Obviously it's very difficult, 
tjecause primarily wie re trying 
to represent the development 
oommunity. and at the same 
time we wanted lo work 



closely with the pubUshers- 
It's very difficult to achjevp 
something as important a^ 
standard contract. There aie 
suJl a couple of points m the 
contract that we haven't 
resolved. Hut we do have a 
draft contract for people to 
look at and get an idea of what 
were trying to do, and see the 
prot^ms we're trying to tadf- 

What are you trying to achieve 
with a SSA contract? 

In every other industry they 
have proper contracts 1 still 
{eel our irtdustry's younQ, but 
we have been arouitd long 
enough to get our act together 
and become more profession- 
al Its true for both the pub- 
lishing and development oom- 
mumiy Our idea is something 
similar to the ELPSA ja new 
body set up for the software 
publishers) idea, and that's 
good. But you don't have to 
use the contract. it'$ just there 
if you want it — as a guide 

So it's not fijte a union? 

Mo. not at all We'll be giving 
free advice lo people, and gen- 
eraJly being at the end of the 
phone for consultation, 

What son of respohse have 
you had? 

We've had a Very good 
response Usually with new 
organisations people just say. 
oh we'll wan and &ee. and join 
later'. But we've got a oonsti* 
tuuon and aims, so we've had 
a real response, and it's grow- 
mg all the time 

Where's the fundmg coming 




nease send nte more Information on the Society of 

Softwaie Authois. 

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POSTCODE 

t am a professional (i^ease tide): 
Programmer Q 

Musician LI 



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Game Deisigner 



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Send to: 

Depi TQMi02t. Society of Sofiwafe Autbors. 6 CaUow 

Croft. Burbage. Wiltshire SNA 3TB. 



Long-time Spectrum programmer Mcv Dmc turns 
anociation founder 

from? 

It's mainly seif-funding. with 
the profits being put back into 
t2ie Society. But. obviously 
we'll try to gel hipding from 
organisations and groups 
wnen we can We're non- prof- 
it-making. We have a oonstitu 
tion and bank aocxrunt to sup- 
port that. 



How much do people have to 
pay to jom. then? 

Full membership is CiSO a 
year Obviously we're offering 
a lot of services, and we 
require somebody lo look after 
the Society full-time So far 
we've all been doing it tn our 
spare time and it's i>een very 
difficult to get everyone 
together at the same tiine, 
Hopefully, once the member- 
ship IS there, at the hist AQM 
they U be able lo vote in who 
they want. At the moment it's 
completely voluntary, but 
we're eventually looking to 
employ someoDe to look after 
the Soaety's interests with a 
helpline etc.* 

So bow will the Society help 
people? Is it }u&t there to help 
programmers get money out of 
difficult software houses? ' 
That's one way in which we 
can help people. Maybe, we 
can work towards bemg some 
Bon of arbitrator. We could get 
members from the publishing 
community as well, to sit 
down and son out problems, 
get advice and, hopefully, 
some sort of result. If these are 
common probJems, we can 
highlight them. But we're not 
a unjicm, so it wouitd be ditficuljt- 
to approach a publisher and 
say stop this or else'. But the 
publisher in question would 
know that there is an organi- 
sation out there they'U be 
more careful 

Similarly, the same is true of 
programmers, if they mess 
around with publisheis, We 
can do quite a kit for publish- 
ers in that respect. 



Do the ^ftware houses think 
It's a good idea? 

The ones we've spoleen to 
so far do Obviously there's 
always going to be a conflict 
of mterests, unfortunately. 
But they feel it is going to be 
good for the whole industry, 
and we need the publishers. 
We want to miftkie the indus- 
try more professionaL 

Apart bom advii^ and a stan- 
daid contract, what do devel- 
opers get for their subscnp- 
tion fee? 

We'll be providing a quar- 
terly newsletter, padced with 
prograimnifig hints ajid 
advice The SSA will also iMl 
producmg some fact sheets, 
about things like VAT and 
other buainea* a$peas that 
most programmers know fitlle 
about We're trying to get 
accountants and lawyers to 
get matenal that we can pass 
onto our members And we 
already have a helphne. 
which David Pnngle will host 
— he's got ejqpenence m pub- 
lishing as well as develop- 
ment. 

£150 stUJ seems quite a large 
amount 

Well, we think we have 
some valuable experience in 
all fields We're also trying to 
obtain some haictwaie/aoft* 
ware discounts fof our mem- 
bers. But that doesn't mean 
we're a union, we think of 
ourselves as a dub, whose 
membets get together. 
eiit^axiga ideas and support 
each other. That's not hap- 
pening with programmers at 
the moment There are so 
many tatooted people out 
there, it would be nice to tveip 
them Obviouslv, program- 
mers don't tell each other 
what ttiey earn, bo they don't 
know if they're being eapkiit- 
ed= We'll be able lo give peo- 
ple a guide of what they 

Continued on p»ge 62 



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NEW YORK PRESENTATION EXPO 





, 




TGM*5 always-on-the^pot American correspon- 
dent, Marshal IV1 Rosenthal, walked the aisles at 
the recent Presentation Expo In New York. This 
ts THE place to be for jmaglnatlve Innovations on 
the PC and Amiga, Although, don't forget, most 
of these items can aiso be accessed via efnular 
tion devices. (Which just happien to feature 
prominently in next issue's Centre Bytes.) 

Macintosh) with the adde^ji 
{lovtst of an inira-fed remote 
featuiing highlighting, drop- 
down menus, and special 
fiftects lihe fades and wipes. 
Black and white dispJay can 
be changed to blue and yel- 
low, and there's s memory 
module that 'eoaks up' 100 
images so that the PC can 
be left behind 

Pushing LCD technology 
to the wall brings ua to 
Sharp's immmem 100 -fool, 
colour, LCD proiection sys- 
tem Similar in concept to 
conventional front pro)etn,ion 
units, the still -unnamed unit 
uses three LCD panels to 
separate the source beam 
into highly accurate red, 
green and blue components 
which are then recombined 
and projected onto the 
screen. A zoom lens selects 
the image s\ze (from 40 to 
100 feel), and the picture, 
which is qxnte clear and 
sharp, hes a resolution of 
300 lines (input is des'tgned 
for a video source] Price has 
yet to be finalised, but 
expect this baby to hit 
somewhere in the 35000 
(£3000) zone. And it looks 
kind of like a cannon from an 
old scifi film of the Fifties. 

The Amiga booth was 
bu$tling with activity — 
mcluding desktop pubh^h- 
mg and video apphcations. 
Seen for the first time was 
JmageLink -- a software 
package that converts 
images between many of 
the formats used by Amiga 
software (IFF. Sculpt 4D. 
Digiview. QallgariJ and the 
world of ISM (GIF and TIFF, 
among others). Expandable 



There ait iii.jj:y wiiys to get 
pe($te's atteniion. You can 
become a rock ^ar Wear a 
futmy (ace. Or show them 
Gomethlng interesting and 
unique Part of the fun m 
having arid using computers 
is that they lei your imagi- 
nation soai. You can create 
graphics, cartoon anima- 
tions — do things that just 
can't be in reahty. The 
drawback is usually m try- 
ing to show what you've 
done to someone — it's hav- 
ing to drag them in front of 
the 12-inch monitor or TV 
ficieen and make them 
watch The tJew Yoik 
Pieseniation Expo deals 
wtlh this problem, and in a 
big way. Talk about high- 
tech to the Max' It's the 
only platee where wails are 
stAckftd with syncronized 
colour monitors, and any 
saeen smaller then 37 inch- 
es is 'cute'. The Expo 
bridges the gap between 
creating amazing video and 
graphics, and getting them 
ouc where they can be seen 
by audiences. 

'Create A Lasting 
Impression' is this year's 
theme, and how can you 
miss with the assortment of 
&lectromc goodies beinr: 
displayed? Take the humbJ- 
overhead projector: boring. 
It's b&en turned into, a 
turbo-chaiged umt thjough 
the addition of PCViewer, a 
high- res 640x430 LCD unit 
thdl mis on the glass top Of 
the projector PC Viewer 
transfers images directly 
from the computer (ail types 
of iBM compatibles and 




modules turn Commodore's 
whiz into an image coovei' 
sion workstation that even 
lets you talk to Macintosh 
PICT and PICT2 [24 buj tiles 
No rr^odems or hook ups 
between computers — all is 
done on the Amiga using an 
Intuition-based user inter- 
face (the ARexx language 
can also be implememed}. 

Enc Lavitsky of Video Airts 
was showing The Cable 
AdViSion System on the 
Amiga. This is an extremely 
professional: package 

designed for controlling a 
television station — com- 
plete with digital tranaitions. 
and full ficheduUng control of 
program output (it will even 
yanh out expired ads once 
theii air time is complete). 
This is one heavy duty pro- 
fessjonal software package. 
Expect TGM TV when the 
Government deregularises 
television in 19d2. 

Digitising pads aren't new, 
but how about cordless oper 
ation? Wacom's SD-Senes 
creates a link between the 
pad and you by installing a 
transmitter in the pen that is 
used on the drawing surface. 
Electromagnetic resonance 
elinunates many of the kmks 
found in other pads, and the 
pen itself is so pressure sen- 
sitive that functions can be 
programmed onscreen to 
relate to it [in the draw 
application being shown, dif- 
ferent colours snapped on 
depending on the pisssure 
being applied, and pressing 
harder on the pen made the 
Une thicker) The RS232C 
port is used to receive the 
information from the pad 
{which comes in varying 
sizes), and there's an option- 
al IZ-button, 24-function cur- 
sor unit — aJso cordless. 

This one's fun, Silent 
Partner (PreBentation 

Electronics Inc) is ^ hand 
held remote that allows you 
to control your PC/XT/AT 
from across the room, It can 
learn tt key or seqtience of 
keystrokes and then access 
them with a single press 
Non -volatile memory remem- 
bers your programs — it 
even comes with stick -on 
overlays for your tiied brain. 
The receiver unit connects to 
the keyboard or serial port, 
and has a ready light that 
blinks when a oomntand is 
executed. 

Of course it wasn't all 
walking, there were also 
semmars to participate m. 




These ranged from how to 
show slides effectively to 
speaking with confidence 
(you can't avoid themt) 
One, for the Amiga, took all 
dtny. delvmg into applica 
tions for video and print. 
But It WAS mostly waJking... 

Until you bump up against 
Ultrawall This consiats of 
multiple monitors separated 
by only a hairhne eighth of 
an inch, and towering some 
16x16 feet with sharp, clean 
Visibility from any direction. 
Computer control ensures 
syncronization between 
multiple video projectors, 
while a dedicated nucroprcK 
cessor constantly checks 
performance and does fine- 
tuning as necessary. 
Internal controls for multiple 
special effects are easily 
accessed as well 

Advertising types say 'Sell 
the siz;!le, not the steak' 
The Presentation Expo 
shows that even sizzle is 
computerised today 



MOKE INFORMATION 
{all addiesses are US) 

Imag«LI]ik: Activs 

Circuits, 106 U.S. 

Highway 71, Suite 101 
Honsquan. New Jeissy 
0B736. 

PC Viewer: In Focui 
Systems, 7649 Southwest 
Mohawk Street, TuataUn, 
Oregon 97062. 

SD- Series Cordless 

Digitisers: Waoom, 

Country Cfub Plaza/West 
115 Ceintiiry Road. Box 6. 
Paramos, New Joisey 
07652 

Silent Partner: MedlsNet, 
305 Madison Avenue, 
Suite &64. New York, New 
¥ofk 10017. 



TGM 1X021:8-89 45 




REPAIR 




No msttcf tKiw much you care 
901 m mmputsr, eventually 
MmwtMng flOM wrong. 

And you can bet your hta nil 
happen attor the euarantee 
has expired, so you can fc<rget 
about sending it bach to the 
manufacturers- In nnost cas^s. 
thfly won't want to kfiow. 

Before packing your oompuit- 
er off to a repair ftrm, check to 
see if yt)uf local con^puter (leai- 
cr can re<:ommen<J a local 
repair putfrt. 

pnorw the company you 
choose and try to gel a rou^ 
guide of the cost of The repair, 
how long tt wtll take — and 
wlwiher they ft give a warranty 
to do H again for frae rf the 
repair do^n't work. 



Make aura that ttw quotpil 
price deludes parts, labour 
VKT. arxl return postagis. 

When sending your computer 
tjy poat. pach it carefully — 
pftferably In the original bo*. 

AJways include a letter with 
your name, addre&s. artd tele- 
phone number and the ef fe'Cts 
of the fautt. 

Send the whole package by 
recorded defivefy *— juat 24p 
on top of the Stamp coart — 
and pay the extra cash for en 
advice-of Oeiivef y slip {25p H 
you ask for it when you post 
the package, 65p if you leaM 
i1 titl later). 

. That way you know it 'a got 
there. 



■ Al Cofnpifter Servlcet. 
Unil 9. pTtririock Mount 
Olftt'L's, Dawley, Telford, 
Shropshire Tt4 3PR (01952 J 
602737, 

COMPUTERS REPAIRED 

'ViTtUflllv any coinpuior' — 

tocludmg Spectrum. C04/128. 

SBC, 16-bttg. C16, Vic20aild 

Plus 4 

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED 

Prime IS, ai^olull djsh dinve 

service for £25. 

PRICES Mostly CZS-C30. but 

Ciaa IS LiZ.BO. 

WARRANTO Three monthB- 

■ AC£ (^ep«ln. 

Outways Faira, PeJimi, Looe. 
ComwaU. PL 13 2NW (0503) 
20232. 

COMPtTTERS REPAtREI} Ma}or 
[[lakf'M except Atari ST 
PERIPHERALS REFAlRgO 
Sinclmi liiLsffacti 1 and 
h^icrodiive, Amstrad disk 
dnves and printers and 
Cpminodore disk drives, print- 
ers anddatacorders. 
PRICES From £15 upwards 
depending on fault 
WARRANTY Six months, 
IKIFORMATION Sinclair, 
Am^iiiid uiid Commodore 
spares and leads. 

■ Ampowar Vitfeo ami 
Cornputem, 

IbA Alcester Rd, Siudley. 

Warks. B80 7AJ (0527) 

853374 

OOilPUTERS REPAtREO AJI B- 

bttend 1G-bi[ machines 

PERIPHERALS PtidIbib. motli- 

lois disk drives etc 

PRiCC Phone for mformaiion. 

WARRANTTY Three months 

m BGL { Hfl«t ComiHItll* Ltd). 

Galaxy Audio Vtsufiil. first 
Hoot, 230 Tottenhftm Courl 



Road, London WIA 3AP (01) 

631-On9oT!SQO-f5640 
COMPUTERS REPAIRED All B- 
bit and J-Gbil mduding PCs. 
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED AI3 

PRICES A typical small repair 
would cost ElS-Cao. 
WARRAKTV Silt months. 
INFORMATION Free estlmAtes 
Gal^jxy Audio Visual also seU 
micros 

a CambrtdB* Micro Surgery. 
Unit 4. 377B ClietJV Hmton 
Road, Cambridge CBJ 4DH 
(0223 > 410234 
COMPUTERS REPAjHeO 
Spectrum, CG4 lilW. Amstrad, 
PCs 

PERIPHERALS AiPAlflEO 
Printers, monitors, disk 
drives etc, 

PRICES Cheapest is 4aK 
Spectrum at £13.9B plus cost 
Of parts; others from £23 50 
WARRANTY Three months 
INFORIVtATION Wiil provide 
annual maintenance for huBi- 
TiBss micros, on a contract 
basia. 

■ The Computflr Factory. 
Analytic Engmedring Ltd, 
Unit IflA, Grainger Road 
Industrial Estate. Southend 
SS2 5DD(0707)61B455 
COMPUTERS REPAIR! AH 
mapr models fxitii; Aiari. 
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED DISk 
dnvofi -ind primer:!, 
PRICES E7-E40. 
WARRANTY ThrOO months, 
INFORMATi(}N Free esuinates. 

■ ElectrQjnle A CamputVf 
S«fv|««S. 

lOQO Uxbridge Road, Hayes > 
lUliddlesex UB4 DRL 
(01)573-2100 

COMPtlTERS REPAIRED The 
full range of hnmi^ trnm [niters 



-^ that includes all the well* 
known Sbit and 16-blt 
machiiiiea. 

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED 
Eiuctionie & Computer 
Services will repair some 
peripherals, but write or 
j3hone for details in case yours 
isn't included. 

PRICES According to thte prob- 
lem Phone lor a quote 
WARRANTY Write Or phone for 
details. The warramy only 
covers the problem repaired, 
not the whole computer 
INFORMATION Turnaround 
vanes, depending on the prob- 
lem, from two {^ays to a weelt 

Electronic & Computer 
Services also sell spare parts. 
Again, writs or phono for 
details 

■ Hlndlvy Electronlct. 

97 Maiket Street. Hindley. 
Wigan, Lancashiie WN2 3AA 
(0&42) 522743 
COMPUTERS REPAIRED 
.■sl^H-Ttr'jni. mfi-lvl Vir':JO,CPC. 
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED Some 
PRICES Set price for each 
machme, ranging from £17 
(4SK Spectrum) to £25. 1&41 
disk drives £32 &0 
WARRANTY Three months. 
INFDRMATIDN Average two- 
day turnaround — well quick- 
er than the average 

■ HS Computdf S«rvlc«s. 
Unit 2, The Orchard, ti^arton, 
Pireston, Lancashire PR4 tBE 
(0772) e326B6. 
COMPUTEI^ REPAIREO All 
Specttums 

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED 

PhortP 

PRICES F[om EU.S&. 

WARRANTY Three months 

■ Hytek Computer (Rental*) 
Unit 4C, Veovale Industrial 
Estate, Lapfor<j, Crediton, 
Devon, (03635) 604 
COIMPUTER REPAIRED Major 
makc><^, including Acorn, 
PERIPHERALS Most major 
iriaKos. 

PRICES Fixed price lisi avail - 
abts on request. 
WARRANTY Three months 

■ Ladbfakv Computing 
lnt«matlQA«l. 

33 Ormskirk Road, Preston. 
Lancashire PR1 20P 
(0772)21474 or 27236 
COMPUTERS REPAIRED Mainly 
At fill 

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED 
Pnntors and disk drives 
PRICES According to machine 
— tor example ST C34.50, 
XL/130 XE C23 fthesi;? prices 



WARRANTY PJioruj toi inJorma- 
ijon 

■ MIcrDtwh CemiMrter 
S*rvlca*. 

216 219 Cotton Exchange 

BuUdmg. Old HaU Street, 

Liverpool L3 9LA 

(061)236-2208 

COMPUTERS REMIRCO ST, 

Amiga, BBC, Amstrads 

PCRIPHCRALS REPAIRED 

Prmters, monitoia, aliso^lec- 

tnc typewriters and other 

office equipriu>nt 

PRICES Ktiirt Jftjm £30 — call 

Mike Lopez at Microtech for a 

quote 

WARRANTY Three months. 

■ MP EJadronlcs. 
Wendliiig, Dvtuham, Norfolk 
NR19 2LZ(0362>8732?. 
COMPUTERS REPillfllEO 
Spectrum. C64. BBC B, PCs — 
in fact all major makes except 
ST and Amiga 

PERIPItfltALS REPAIRED 

Printers, ptottQ?^. monitors, 
disk drives etc 
PRICES All inclusive prtcea for 
most machines - 48K 
Spectrum ElB. 1Z8K Spectrum, 
BBC a and Cei4 £27 50. PCs 
From£20-£100t These rates 
cover all faults except those 
caused by other people's 
liotched repairs' 
WARRANTY Phone (or 
information 

INFORMATION Free estimates 
£20 repair and overhaul sar^ 
vice for 4dK SpectiuiQS — MP 
Electronics replace sockets, 
keyboard membrane etc and 
will repair any faults that 
develop withm six months of 
overhaul. 

■ OrtH Mloro CemiMitem, 

ORC GKC ITEC, GEC Switch 
Gear, Piairibution Division. 
Higher Openshaw. 
Manchester Mil IFL (061) 
301 2210 

COMPUTERS REPAIRED All 

hoiue iiucroa and ?(>■ 

PERIPHERAU REPAIRED 

Printers, momtois and disk 

drives. 

PRICES Depends on fault — 

phone for details 

WARRANTY Throe months 

■ PM EnfilnMring. 

Unit S. New Hoad, SI Ives, 
Cambridgeshire FE17 4B0 
(0490) 61394 
COMPUTEftS REPAIRED Ail 

home LX.ini[jiixt'[!i 
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED 

Printers, monitors and disk 
drives. 



I 



Attention 

repair firms - 

H you would llk« « nvHitlort In 
Hhe OKki BytH repair pugm, 
p li MB awid the raltywit 
details to BMh ftytee* TQM, 
PO Box 10, Ludlow. ShmpeMie 
SV8 lOB. Ifi«tudlrt|£ ■ phtHM 
HMltor and tit* tiMiMiftr't 
«MMa Ifof our Mas). 



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Doctor Do Little 

tdst month, Zog MD (Doctor of Modomology) 
answered a few questions from worried 
patients. This month the doc sees If ail that 
well-researched advice has done them any 
good, and are they now afflicted with Modem 
IVIadness... 



Since you may by now 
hAve gi^spBd ihe 
basics ol a goad 
nUDdem, and can man- 
age to get on-line to a friend, 
leave messages on a Bulletin 
Boaid {H tap into the 
Pentagon command netwotk, 
then perhaps a furtnei com- 
ment or three about i;^em 
would help you on your way. 
FirsUy, w^mg to your 
tDodem, Here are a few of tlie 
ttxm commonly used com- 
mands which youj friendly 
Hayes-compaiitile should 
understand, when in the oor- 
cect mode, of course, 

AT Precedes ALL 

Dnnan Dial :.lie telephone 
nvimber nnnn. Only the digits 
0-9 are recognised as num- 
bers to dial, 30 you can hai^- 
pi!y \ks& brackets spaces and 
hyphens m your nmntier. For 
example, the command ATD 
{DD 9^-9119 wLU dial the 
Gods BuUetm Board and 
MUG system in London from 
elsewhete m tl^e country 

The modem should atso 
accept oertam other charac- 
ters which may be mixed in 
aj needed T,P and R specify 
the type of diallmg to be ear- 
ned out - T for lone dialling 
and P for puise dialling The 
letter R is u,5ed when dialling 
an 'Ofi0nate only' nrodem 
and specifies a reverse dial 
mode (the modem uses 
reversed signaliing frequen- 
cies) A comma m the dial 
strmg spe<3fiies a pause or 
delay (usually of one second), 
whidh can be used for. such 
purposes as waitmg for your 
dffioe phone to give you an 
outside line Finally, the 
semicolon is used at the end 
of the string to force the 
modem bad( to command 
mode after dialling. 

Hn n*0 Hang up {drop 
thehne) 

n - ! Sieze the phone 
line. 

Return online from 
command state. 

Sn> Return the current 
value modem register n, 

Sr - n Set regtster i to 



value n. Hayes-type modems 
are quite clever beasties and 
all of the setting's that you 
can tweak are stored in regis- 
ters, which you can ej^amine 
and change. Amongst other 
things, they control which 
speed the modem is going to 
work at tS26 to S3Q, preset to 
SI 8 automatically), whether 
the modem is m autoanswer 
mode or not (SO, nuinber of 
rings before modem 
answers), and the character 
used by the modem as the 
escape code (S2, value in 
ASCH). 

The default escape 
sequence. Your modem oper- 
ates in one of two modes: 
Local Command state and 
On-lme state When first 
switched on, your modem 
v\^l be in Local Command 
state and will sit at the end of 
your H5232 lead waiting for 
you to teU it what to do Once 
It has dialled a number for 
you (without a ■;■ character at 
the end}, or answered the 
telephone (if in autoanswer 
mode), the modem will 
switch into On-line state, and 
merely pass data up and 
down the phone line. To force 
the modem back mto com- 
mand state so that you can 
change a register or hang up, 
lor example, you must enter a 
predefined sequence of char- 
acters By default, the escape 
character is the '+' character. 
Because even three '*' char- 
acters oonld be present in 
normal d ".a, the modem has 
a second condition which 
must be satisfied before is 
will change modes. This is 
known as the guard time 
(register S12, m units of 1/50 
second). The guard time is 
the nunimum period ^jetween 
the last character of data 
being transmitted and the 
first character of the escape 
code. Therefore, with a 
default guard time of one sec- 
ond, to get the modem to 
speak to you requires that 
you do nothing for over a sec- 
ond, type ' + + * ' (or whatever 
your escape code is), and 
then wait at least one more 




second. The mctdem iiiO'iiicJ 
respond with some form of 
acknowledgement, such as 
an 'OK' . It wdl remam on-lme 
for you. so to get back to your 
communicatmg you can type 
ATD': alternative! y> to bang 
up, type "ATH' mstead 

Error-correcting 

Error -CO: iemsare 

modem-s i) clever-^ 

er. and b) much more eiepen- 
sive than yer average bog 
standard modem They only 
work if the modems at both 
ends are enor- correcting 
(and use the same error-cor- 
rection standard}. They sneak 
extra hidden characters tnco 
the stream of data which 
they are passuig so that the 
modem at the oiher end can 
taMe them back out again, tn 
other words, the process is 
invisible to the user at either 
end, The purpose of the exua 
characters us not so much to 
slow the whole process 
down, although this is the 
penalty that you pay for error 
correction, but to allow the 
receiving riKxiem to detect 
whether the data is the same 
data that was transmitted to 
it. This is usually cleverly 
done with multiple Cyclic 
Redundancy Chet:ks and 
suchlike, so the modem can 
often detect which part of the 
data is corrupted and convert 
it to the proper value before 
passing it on. If not. it can 
send a request back to the 
trinsmitting modem for a 
retransmi^ion of tJie last 
chunk of data again. And 
again Andagaun .. 
Error correctmg modems are 
especially usehil over noisy 
lines {BT has this annoying 
habit of providing a free ran- 
dom-number generator to 
your line) and at high speeds . 
of operation. However, they 
add a layer of complexity thai 



most communjcciuon^ pro 
grams already allow for, 
using a protocol such as 
Kerrmt or XModem for error- 
oorrected file transfers. 

Getting baud? 

The twua rate of a modem is 
the moduLauon rate That is; 
the number of times per sec- 
ond that the earner frequen- 
cy IS modulated to transmit 
bits of information Sinoe a 
single character consists of 
an 8 bit word fbyie). with a 
Stan bit in front and 12 stop 
bits afterwards, a low se^ 
Imk such as 300 baud will 
actually transmit somrethmg 
like 30 characters per second 
(300/10). This modulation is 
done using Frequency Shift 
Keying (or FSK) So far this is 
all pretty logical and sensi- 
ble. However. FSK requues 
something Uke t .5 times the 
baud rate as the nolnimum 
channel bandwidth Over 
normal 6T phone lines, the 
bandwidth is about 3100 M:s 
Thus there is a limit lo how 
fast you can send data, 
whtcli LS quickly reached, 

The solution is to use a dif- 
ferent form of nKxtulation for 
speeds greater than 1200/76 
baud With either DPSK 
(Dilferential Phase Shift 
Keying] or QAM 
(Ouandreture Amplitude 
Modulation ), you get to oon- 
fuse everyone by encoding 
two bits per baud Therefore, 
data sent over a Imk running 
at UOO baud fuU duplex is 
actually being modulated at 
600 baud, even though you 
are sending 120 characters 
per second in both duections 
when at full speed' 

And If you think that's con- 
fusing, then wait till you see 
what I've got prepared tor 
the next installment of Zogs 
Guide to Life, the Universe 
and Modems, 



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largest hbiaxy of sampled 
souJiids', says Mandarin's 
Chris Payne We've tieen out 
mm Che field to record the 
types of sounds ihat we 
beiteve will add Lhai extiar 
toucb of professionalism lo 
any aicade-style game' The 
sound library will be put on 
^ks and availaljle as ptibhQ 
dotaam software, Mandarin 
Software: Europa House, 
Adlington Park, AdJmgton, 
Macclesfield SKIO 4NP, TeJ: 
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of Be^ Musjc Publishing 
{E333) from Take Control ffs a 
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afpeggio), notes and staves, 
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mands help ediUng Once a 
score has been perfected it 
can be output to a variety tit 
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Birdie song 

At the tecem Atari ST show 
The Bath Computer Shack 
were showing off thei; stereo 
sound separation device The 
Tweety Board (£49 95) trs a 
small circuit board wtuch is 
installod inside the ST After 
that it's just a matter of con- 
necting the sound leads to 
stereo monitor or Hi-Fi Bath 
Computer Shack BE Chelsea 
Road. Lower Weston, Bath. 
Avon BAl 3DU Tel: <0225J 
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for the Bard's Tale series. 
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SHARP IQ 



Sharp strike back 



Just days after we biusbed 
our assessment of Psion's 
new Organisers {the LZ and 
I2&4) last month {Toolbox 
TQM020) what should amve 
in the TCM Labs but Sharp's 
latest hand-held organiser. 
The size of cheque book, the 
new Sharp IQ (11189.99) is a 
toucb larger t2ian the Psion 
Organiser (about an inch all 
round). However when 
dosed the new [Q is just over 
half the thickness of Psion's 
hand'bekL Where Sbaip's 
Ofganiser scores over Psion's 
is in Its layout. The screen 
has two modes of display: 16 
characters by 3 lines and 
12x4 {Psion's is 20x4 J. The 
keyboard is also easier to use 
with 65 keys, and eight mode 
keys Modes include calender 
display, diaxy, calculator, 
adidiesses and tetepbone 
nmiibeTs. notepad, and world 
tunes The 10 also features a 
very useful password system. 
There is the usual overall 
password and also a secret 
function which aliowi; you to 
mark a piece of information 
(such as youi bank card PINs) 
D0t to appear unlasa another 
password is entered. Where 
Slmrp's IQ fails down is that 
its a kn haidet to become 
familiar wtUv oompaied to the 
Psion NoUtmg seems logical, 
and (surpnsinglyji there are 
loo rrfany keys You tend to 
end up thinking Now is this 
function on the keyboard or 



hidden away m a menu 
ffi:tnie where?, whereas the 
Psion IS totally menu-driven. 
Also the lO doesnt seem a;s 
robust as the Psion orgajuser 
{which you can ihiow around 
like a filofax) It is alfio worth 
noting that the 10 is — unhke 
the oSganiser — not pro^ 
grammable. It is also limited 
to 32K, afthougfa sKtiaJK^ 
cards a/e to be released soon, 
so the only way to save your 
data reconis at the mcsnent is 
onto cassette (yes. CAS- 
SETTE!). Expansion-wise the 
SSiarp is just behind Psion, 
vintb a PC Imk (instead of sav- 



ing to cassette data can be 
sent to a PC and «tved lo 
disk) aiKl thermal prmter 
(£109.99). Software support, 
due to its sboft and hmitad 
availability, is not as good yet 
l)ut Sharp promise to remedy 
this shortly Current IC cards 
{whjch slip m lecter/poetboac 
fashion) include a Tione 
Expense Manager (£59 99), %■ 
Language Ttanslator (£49.94 
— very useftd with 1 992 com 
mg up} and a Thesaurus 
(around £79 99) Looks are 
definitely Uie Sharp IQs 
sQong point, rd feel distui- 
guished using an IQ, howev- 
er, rd he mote at home using 
the Psion Organiser Shaip 
Electionics Sharp House, 
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Get 
knotted 

Anyone who remembers Tit 
Na Nog, Sweevo"s World and 
Lightforce will be familiar 
with the iwork of Greg Follis 
and Roy Carter, the progiam-^ 
mmg team behmd Gargoyle 
Games After a sjnsiderable 
break from the home comput- 
er scene they're back but not 
with a state of the ait game 
but a Personal Data Manager 
for the PC. Applications pack- 
ages tend to take themselves 
very seriously and can be 
rather alienating to new 



users Carter FoIlis Software 
promise that Executive Knot 
is intended for the non 
expert user as well as the 
seasoned campaigner'. 
Executive KNOT (E91) is an 
ail purpose organiser featur- 
ing diaries, things-to-do lists, 
phone- letters meetings 
:r minders, work and home 
mdex files More importantly 
it Is supplied with a laige in- 
built database which 
indudes a Gazetter of Britain 
(inoorpafating a very useful 
route-planner), a literary 
ooniJ)anion for presentation 
and speech writing (which 
includes several hundred 
Shakespearean quotations), 
world time map, disk-directo- 
ry doctor and an on-screen 
calculator Many of these fea- 
tures would cost more than 
the overall package if bought 
separately. An extended ver- 
sion of the package, t^Hed 
The Professional KNOT will 
be released m the auiunui, 
containing several e?rtra fea- 
tures. Watch Out Eor a future 



Centre Bytes review. Carter 
Follis Software Ltd : Sedgley 
Boad, Tipton, West Midlands 
DY4 7UJ. Tel: (021) 557 2991 



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The popukr Competition Pro 
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and di^bed the Competition 
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and is suitable for the 
Amiga. Alan range. GBM 64 
and Amstrad computers 
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you can push Nintendo Game Boy cartridges 
into the PC Engine. Write to the Centre Bytes 
<Aew on Info DbsU. — they Itnow the answer to 
^erything (it's 42 by the way). This month, 
the oracies of wisdom solve a whole range 
problems froiti some very cortfused readers... 

Slave to the rhythm 



Lihe Mr Murphy {mtormatioii 
desk TGM 18) I'm intsres^ted 
in setting up a low- cost music 
studjo. However, I own an 
Amiga and there seems to be 
a leaJ lack of %ppropiiate soft- 
ware. What software/hard- 
ware would 1 need to ni;i my 
Yamaha keyboard from my 
Anuga. I am also interested in 
purchasing ^ recording aind 
mixmg desk ; I know that 
Amstiad market such a prod- 
uct for £300 but is n any 
good? Finally when, is STos 
BASIC gomg to be available 
foi the Amiga 
Sam FtaiLagaji, Homcastla 

TGM and Centre Bytes in par- 
uculen &re aJxnit to undergo 
some tathcaJ chAng&s. These 
include a new fonnat legulBi 
music cohmn featming hints, 
ups and guides on setting up 
low-cost home studios. In the 
meantime, you wUl need a 
MIDI inteiface to get yom 
Amiga talking to your key- 
iMa/d (iiyour keyboard 
doesn 't have any MIDI pons 
then there isn't leally any- 
thing you csn doj, Trifogjc 
produce one lor £29 99 MIDI 
ieads can be purchased torn 
most mnsic baidware stores 
foi a few pounds 

While the ST dominates the 
music software scene the 
Amiga is rapidly smpioving. 
Steinborg and Dr T fegaided 
as two of tite to}> ST music 
soitware producers, have 
reoffnily started converting 
some ol their poputaf utles to 
the Amiga — gtve UB 
Marketing a call for more 
detaits. 

Muiti track home recording 
machines aren't essential far 
producing your own ||omo 
cassettes. If your only sound 
source is a synth Unking it up 
to your hi'fi will produce a 
reasonable quality demo. 
However, if you also want to 
record vocal and guitar trackB 
a muiu-track tape machine is 
a must, A muSti'irack tape 
recorder allows you to record 
ditferent instrumeuts onto 
separate tracks on the same 



tape. The advantage of this is 
if you've recorded a hassline 
and a guitar lead and decide 
that the bassUne isn 't good 
enough you can rerecord it 
without interteiing with the 
guitar lead. Generally you 
don't need to spend that 
much money to produce a 
reasonable <iuality denao, oar- 
tmnly no more than £500 
unless you m fanaticat about 
racoiding. Ttie Amstrad hi-ii 
cum recording studio didn 't 
receive rave reviews in the 
music press. However. 
TGM's guide to mufti trfldr 
home recording machines 
(TGM 003} reoomme/ids die 
Tascam Porta 0&. at £329 n 
represents ^emandous value 
for money 

Amiga owners eagerly 
awaiting STos for their 
machine will be pleased to 
know that Mandarin 
Software wiU be reieasmg 
AMos in early September. 

HB Marketing: Broohiyn 
Home. 22 The G/een, West ' 
Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7FQ. 
Tel: (0395} 444433. 

Mandarm Software: 
EuTOpa House, Adlington 
Park. Adlington. Macclesfield 
SKIO 4NP, Tel: (Q62b} 878383. 

Tritogic: Unit i. 253 New 
Works Ro&d, Bradford BD12 
OOP Tel (0274} 69} n5 



What 
difference 
does it 
make? 

t am thinKing of upgrading to 
either a PC Engine or Sega 
Mega Drive. However, I've 
fust, heard that the NEC 
Turbo Grafx 16 has Just been 
launched in America. How 
doea this machine differ from 
thf> PC Engine? . 
Matthew Bauer, Rochdale 

Exact details on the Turbo 



Grafx 16 are stiU a bit sketchy 
but as far as we are aware it 
is the American version of 
the PC Engine with a 
redesigned biack OOSe. 
InademaUy tbeMega Drive 
has also undergone a name 
change. In the States it is 
now jmown as the Genesis. 



I still haven't 
found... 

A friend has lold me about an 
arcade machine called a 
'PCB'. He said ii, cost about 
C200, 1 would appreciate any 
information on this cheap 
arcade machine 
Sitnon Oliver 

Somewhere along the luie you 
or your friend has got a little 
confused A FCB (Printed 



Circuit Board) is the etBctionic 
guts of an arcs^e rriachine 
which iTKlude the actual 
game program. The r^se this 
is housed in with the saeen 
and joys^A is known as the 
cabmet Some ^Heads' 
machines allow you to install 
a new PCB without having to 
change the oabinet. For 
instance you can insiah an 
Etnpire Strikes Bach PCB m a 
Star Wars cabmfit The advan- 
tage of buying PCBs is that 
you aniy have to own one cab 
inet to piay a selection of 
games Unfortur\.i: "fiis 

no cabin et wtuch ■. . v j th 

all games — you couldn't piay 
Out Rur) on a Detend(}r 
machine Costs of PCBs and 
cabinets vary acoordmg to the 
game you want to buy For all 
intommtion regarding buying 
arcade machines contact Coin 
Skit 2 Daltry Street. Oidham, 
Lancashire. Tel: {081} 624 
3687 



Tell me what 

1 J Which is the best out of 
the current and forthcoraing 
consoles? 

2) In TGM 19 you stated 
that the Sega Mega Drive 
wouldn't be available until 
1990 yet some companies 
are selling them now and 
you carried reviews and 
game hints. 

3) Is the PC Engine capable 
of producing graphics iden- 
tical to any arcade machine? 

4) What is the acjvaiitage of 
a console being iSbit. I 
thought that the games car- 
ried their own memory? 
Stephen, Kingsbury 

J) The general consensus in 
the TOM office is that the 
PC Engine and Mega Drive 
are the best consoles to 
date. However, we've yet lo 
see the Konix Console, 16- 
bit Nintendo or the Atari 
hand-held carisole. 
2} The Sega Mega Drive 
won 't be officially released 
in the UK untii early 1990 
when the 

Virgin/Mastertronic group 
will be handling marketing. 
In the meantime a few com- 
panies are importing the 
Mega Drive from Europe, 
and adapting it to suit 
British TVs. It was one of 
these imports that TGM 
reviewed. It 's afso worth . 
noting that the PC Engine 



isR t 'o//JaaUy ' a vax/4iiie m 
the UK either 
3} Generally no, although it 
depends what games you're 
comparing it wrtjfi 
4} 16 bit refers to the con- 
sole's (or computer's) central 
processor not memory 
Basically the more bits there 
are the faster the processor 
can carry out the complex 
maths involved m software 
The end result is faster and 
more complex games 




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IDB. Wt! leqtet due to the 
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Nothing in life is free 



Software freebies — have they gone from 
bad to worse over the years? Nick Roberts 
delves into the desks of TGM writers to 
find out the truth. 



It's a w«U stated fact Uiat life 
as a software reviewer tor a 
oomputei magazine is an 
eKtension of homely interests, 
and B nghc knees-up is had 
by aU 'AU yciu do is play 
Oaines. isn't it?' Everyone 
heie fcnows how untrue thai 
siaiemeni is Hov/evBi, Like 
any other industry, the com- 
puter softwaie world has its 
fair share of freebies But 
there are some people who 
aien't affected by endless 
gift-giving on the i^oftwaie 
bouses' part. CRASH'S Nick 
Roberts IS one of tbeoe 
reviewers, he took an unbi- 
ased look at the changing 
state ol the software freebie . 

What has happened to soft- 
ware freebies^ One of the 
highlights of working in the 
magazine industry is (or was) 
the things software oompa- 
nies send out to promote 
tbeir Latest releases 
AoooTding to many people at 
Newsfield {who wiU remain 
, nameless for fear of victimisa- 
tion) they have gotten gradu- 
allv wors« over the years, Bui 
the quality of the games has 
improved And that's what 
matters, isn t it? 

We've all seen the mass 
maiket freebie distributed by 
the liMes of US Gold, Ocean 
ojid Gremlm, but there's 
much more to the world of 
freebies than a flood of T- 
shirts, badges, pens and 
posters. These perishables 
don't leave the reviewer virith 
a long lastmg impression 

MicToProse are well known 
for the lavish goodies they 
have distributed amongst the 
press Not alE have been 
material goods which you can 
keep for ever — although the 
tailor-made leather flymg 
jackets went down a treat! 
Over the past couple yews, 
the American giants have 
given away Highls m heli- 
copters and stunt planes, 
plus a very tasty trip to the 
States 

Exotic tnps are popular 
with many compames 
{System 3 have one lined up 
lor their Tusker release this 
year, which vnll take Hogei 
Kean to Africa), but amongst 
us lesser mortals — read that 
as reviewers — it's what you 
can show that counts. 
However, if you've got any 



serise. you show them to 
everyone then take em 
home quickly (jtis!: as well 
with those Spitting Image 
slippers) 

More often than not. it's 
the stranger gift that proves 
popular Weirder freebies 
include umbTellas. bach 
robes, pool balls, match 
books that turn into calcula- 
tors, fruit baskets and varied 
inflatable animals! 

Many of the freebies seem 
to be alcohol based, especial 
ly around Christmas time. 
You begin to wonder 
whether software companies 
are uying to get you drunk 



so that your vision will be 
impaired when it comes to 
reviewmg their product. 
Mind you, no reviewer would 
say refuse the odd bottle of 
champagne 

It has to be said that the 
latest batch of freebies to 
come our way have been a 
little poor. If you were won- 
denng why the TGM staff 
have been looking a bit pon-^ 
ly of late it is because they 
have been led a steady diet 
of sweets From 'a packet of 
Chewits for Gremlms 
Muncher to « stick of rock 
promoting. Jaws, of course! 
Hewson are also getting into 
the tacky freebie game To 
ppomoie Space M'A^X", then 
latest PC sb'ategy game, they 
sent each magazine ONE lol- 
lipop in sherbert powder 
(outs was cherry), called, 




Oil He's pinching our hard earned fieebie't. 



stiangely, Spltshl? And there 
was also a dteap- looking 
(although we'^re assured ii 
was very expensive!) Pierre 
Cardin pen ~ they admit 
they were disappointed with 
the pens, too Free uipa to 
the dentist would be a good 
idea (or the next promotion 

All reviewers look forward 
to a new oonvortiian of a hit 
film It IS essential that the 
reviewer pre-views the film 
(prelerabiy m the Empire. 
Leicester Square) if he is to 
appreciate the game (it u, 
jione.5tlyj — RoboCop from 
Ocieain is the classic exampie 
The latest films to come our 
way aie the new Indiana 
Jones and James Bond 
movies, lets hope Warners 
allow a showing of Batman 
— Uimgs do not kx>h good at 
the moment 

Back to T shirts, though 
As a mite portly chap myself. 
I must protest at this 'one 
size fits all' claim. Even lot a 
normal' person, T-shirts ate 
always either too big or too 
small. The colours of some of 
them are also a bit much 
Seen a Thunder Blade one 
recently, or a Motor Massacre 
(Gremlin) lop down your 
area' Thought not. Any 
streetvmse reviewer avoids 
them hke the plague {espe- 
cially when going to someone 
else's press launch). 
However, J it wasn't for 
these I'd have nothing to 
wear whilst cleaning my bike 
on Sunday afternoon. 

Bamaby Page is one exam 
pie of a magazine writer who 
took the freebies and ran 
The ex-TOM member 
received {with thanks): a 
Leisure Suit Larry towel , an 
IBM puzzle- toy, trips to 
Madrid, f'rankfurt and 
Amsterdam, some Ocean 
wine {although this was 
donated via CRASH), an 
Oracle propelling pencil, a US 
GoM puzzle, a fake Filofax, a 
bottle of tomato ketdliup, 
some green slime (Gilbert), 
an Electronic Arts watch, a 
shoulder bag and mountains 
of T-shirts t The sad thing ts 
that some people can get 
very attached in these free 
gifts Baxnaby comments: "1 
don t know what 1 would do 
without my Gremlin Coconut 
Capers T-shirt It's so good I 
can't bring myself to take it 
off I* 

'But what of us punters?' I 
hear you cry. Sadjy. the buyei 
IS probably the last persoiv to 
receive a gift. However we 
take our Indiana Jones hats 
off to System 3 who included 
a Uee throwmg star m Last 
Ninja n. 

Now then. Where's my 
Qacnes Machine T-shirt' 



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Who do the high street chains think they 
are in refusing to stock Astaroth with the 
artwork on the cover? What right have 
they to censor such fantastic work?'* 
...writes Chiistophei Hester, complaining 
aiDOUt the censorship of Astaroth's artwork 
by high street chainstores. He wins this 
month's £50 worth of software 

Censorship^akf"*"'^"'" 




I was leading TQM019 
vrhsn I came across what I 
thought wQ£ an axnazing' 
piece ai artwork used for an 
advert. Over the years I've 
taben ta cutting out the 
best adverts ajid pastiBg 
them fnta a scrapisook — 
the Pgygiioaie and 
Thalarous adverts aie 
usually the best, yet here 
v/as an i^veit fronx 
Hflwson for Astaroth — The 
Alltel of Death which 
ifbpressed me c^insiderabSv 
The woman featuied with 
h«f winged hands and 
m99ctoid figure was siictple 
stunDing Jusi look at the 
Cities in the backgiound, 
l9ttiTig in light troin a 
webbed canopy 'Gieat.' i 
thought. That'll really iook 
good on the sheJve^when 
the game is released,' How 
wrong 1 found 1 was, for the 
cover of TGM020 boldly 
stated Hewson's 'iisky 
package' liad been 
censored Censored? Tm 
incensed < I canjiot 
tinderstand ihe niotivee fox 
banning this bnMiant 
aitwoElE Is Use woman too 
'naked' for the ceneoTS to 
deal with? Too 
'pornographic'? I feel not- 
There aren't even any 
offending nipples. The 
woman's body is almost 
like a ooetume. wonderfuUy 
depicted in a moody alien 
style. To ray mind, only 
someone with a warped 
mind could possible be 
offended by it. or even 
shocked- It JS not a picture 
of a naked woman at aU. 
but a picture of a creature, 
the Angel of Death. What 
anjgers me more is that J 
have seen tax more 
erotJcaUy suggestive covers 



used for ganae^ in the paM 
that were never banned at 
all. Take Defender of tJi© 
Cn)wn for example, with 
tlie woman'G oversized 
breasts; or Sliadowfire. 
There axe dozens more, 

Who do the hjgh street 
chains think they are in 
refusing to slock Astaroth 
with the artwork on the 
cover' What right have they 
to censor such fantaatk; 
work? The box for Licence 
to KiU showing James Bond 
holding Pam Bouvier is 
infinitely more 'seiry and 
seductive', with ita gotd«n 
flesh tones, than the 
brovyms used in Astaroih, 
The shops are censoring a 
work of an, 1 only hope this 
bad pubLidiy for Hew$>on 
ends in added sales for 
their game, and that the 
artwork appears Inside the 
box, if not allowed on the 
cover. 

Finally, I like the nefW 
coloured lettering TGM is 
achieving with its 
computers Thesunrays 
used in tite Coiu^oie Dawn 
(TGMOaO) feature are a 
delight to look upon. But 
why do you keep changing 
the lettering on the spine? 
TGMQl 9 uaed f aner teict 
and now TOM020 has 
changed typeface 
altogether! When I put my 
copies of TGM in a neat pie 
on the shelf, they now loc^ 
messy, and not one of the 
sputes match, Can't you 
line them up T,he same eac^ 
month? Having said that. 
I'm glad to see tlie return of 
an adventure ootuitm at last 
to TGM and let's hope it 
grows ii: strength — and 
pages f 

ChrtAopber Hester, 
VioBt ybrksblre. 



Well, at Jeasi we've one 
guaianzeed reader who'U 
be happy with the 175% 
incxsass in advsDttir0 
space. As to the cBjisarship 
of Asmroth, you U be happy 
rohear tbatH&wson are 
tndudlng a poster of The 
Ang&i of Deatt} m the 



patScsge. and iUusttatJons 
tii xtw manva} are very 
iweatkig... sorry, artiscicf 
Silt (lon't you think thai 
covers like Asi&rotti 's coukd 
BtiU prove oSensive, or 
even Trigbtenmg. to very 
youjiff chiitUen. Perhaps tt 
is these sofiC ware buyers 
the cbamsttites are trying 
io protect? AAei aii. this 
women w The Angel al 
Death 




Is the woman too naked for the cenBoiv to deal with? 



50 TGM TX021 :8 89 



entrB Bytes 



Sell your MSX 
(please!) 



DearTGM 

As I own a popular 3-bit 
annputer {Amstiad CPC} I 
think It's only '^ ti you print 
this letier on behalf of other 8- 
bit owners m reply to tha 
anony^mous MSX owner, 

Fusily why did you bother 
printing a letter fioni 
somebody who clearly is 
unable to give oonstmctive 
CTitictsm on tbe three most 
popular oomputers in Britain 
Saying a machine has 
graphics liise blocks of ice (?!} 
is hanUy a mature statement, 
if he's going to say the 

tnenthis 



almttst extjuGt. I novw s«e 
these machines or their 
software being sold in the 
high street and there is 
nothing aiound to make me 
wantons 

The majority of people 
would rather own a Spectrum 
with tons of varied 
ENJOYABLE games than a 
macbine with capabUities 
which are never exploited to 
the fuU and are 




person 
should state 
facts uiBtead of silly 
UtUe sentences. 

I can't understand anyone 
bving in the UK who Sllll Owns 
an MSX. rt may have excellent 
graphics but it's been around 
for quite a while and is hardly 
going to pick up over the next 
year, software support :s 



UiiQd. 

Why don't 
MSX iiSeis look into 
the future. Clearly the 
machine isn't even putting 
pressute on a Cl6 lei alone 
other 8-bits. so sell up and get 
a machine that is well catered 
lot or one which looks as 
though its got a bright future: 
you'U be a tot happiei and you 
won't have to write a siUy 
letter tryirHl to get more usera 
to tKiy a machine that died 
many years ago. 
M Tbacker. Leicester 



I sold my 
ST! 



DearTGM 

I bave three computers, A 
Spectrum +2. Electron and a 
plus 4 I used to have an Ataii 
ST but got fed up with ii so I 
sold It. 

This is becau^ the 
keyboard is rubbish, the 
graphics are good and 
cxiknirful but things look flat 
the games are too expensive 
and the joystick/mouse ports 
are m a stupid place which 
makes changing joysticks 
really annoying. The BASIC 
isn't buiit in and Uie one 1 got 
free with the ST is so naff I 
wiped the di^k and used if for 
saves on adventure gam^. 
1 sun u^ my Plus 4 regxjlarly. 
AdifaaBetU, TamwoitlL 

TQM only recommends 
computers, we try not tos^y 
DONYBUYTHSS'.as 
someone somewhere will 
always buy it and folly wajj 
enjoy using iL Hoises for 
courses. 



DaaiTGM 

With reference to your 
oompetltion on Page 35 
TGMCi20 1 enclose my entry 
to the competition ► 

The only three groups 
beginnuig with the letter 'z' I 
can thuik of are : Zeno. Zodiac 
Mmdwarp and the Love 
Reaction, and ZZ Top. 



Pl^tee oould you pac± my 
oomflake cai efuHy a& I would 
not want it to get daii»ged in 
the post U. however, the 
cornflake proves to be 
uDavailable I win accept 
Barbarian n on di^k for the 
Amstiad 464. Or a twenty 
quid note 
Ta very cnuchf 
Paul Berredoth, Cardiff 

J>rd w&ssY groups? 1fl% 
maanr GOOD groups f How 
much are cojrnCIaJIreff worth rn 
your necJr of the woods, 
snyway'^ 



Just plain 
bad luck 



Deal TOM 

1 have purchased every ZZAP! 
since Issue 3. and all THE 
GAMES MACHINES and have 
entered lUSt about every 
competition available, yet t 
haven't won a ihmg 
Ironically, 1 have only bought 
ACE once, sent it a better, and 
won £25 It also sedrnji: unfok 
that a TGM reader wins twa 
competitions m the same 
month (lam 3 Etyder Silkworm 
and Fiieiord comps) Tlus is 
eiUier unfau. or just p^m bad 
luck on mv part! 
Grant Hobson, Henf rew»htre 

It 's the luck of the draw — 
bonestf There's a reederover 
the page who has won mo/e 
Chan once and' on occasion 
twice from the same issue. 
But we'll uy haider for you 
next month Gran; 



Less violence 



DearTGM 

Ever smce I started to read 
Crash way back at Issue 1 1, a 
KewsfieM article or letter has 
never prompted me to put the 
proverbial pen to paper, but 
Michael Hughes' letter in 
TGMOIS was such nonsense 
that I feel I have to write, 

Mkhael, when darling 
ftambo kills a 'commie' It is 
MURDER! Yte. I know it's 
only a film tor a game..,) but 
the act of talcing human life is 
miirder I'm not talking about 
technioUities of war where 
it'a 'OK" tcy kill, but about 
plain reality. 

Now, I'm not so short- 
sighted to believe that all 
violent games are 'mind- 
damaging' or 'influential' (I 
ffl^^eU enioy a good, bash at 



Star Wars at even Batman) 
but I do think a hne must be 
diawB, Geoies like Operation 
IVoff are so blatantly pro- 



Amencan gratuitous dnvel I 
do think they should be 
banned. There vs a difference 
between a pbiel spaceship 
expkxting with a bang and a 
pbcel soldier dying with a 
sampled scream, 
Non-violeot games can be 




ftm and horribly addictive — 
Like adventure games such as 
The Pawn and Guild ot 
Thieves I hate to be a 
whmgmg old whatever, but 
Jer Set WiMy was amaziRg 
(you really had to be there , ,) 

People do need to gea. nd of 
theli tension and anger but 
there are a multitude of ways 
to do this Perhaps you could 
take up yoga, Iviichael.. 

H you are to criticise, in' to 
come up with a better 
argument than Rambo is a 
good wholesome Amern^ati 
who only kills commies.' 
Graphics are becoming 
lifelike FACT Sound is 
becoming more realistic; 
FACT. Some day there will be 
a computer game-related 
killing FICTION? 
Matthew Pbs«, Wokingham. 

Amazing: Jet Set Willy — 
addictioD without violence 



TGM TX 021 :8-89 61 



CBntre Bytes 






Forget the spec spec 



DfieiTGM 

Look, excuse rae very miich 
and all that, but let's not beat 
around the bxtsh. Some p©o* 
pite are just not being very 
Tiks to the Speccy lately and 
I tJiinlt il s pretty danuied 
iginorant. 

Three people slagged the 
lovely Speocy m TGM019 
ReadeTpage, just because 
they hauent got one they 
automatic^y ihmk that 
they're crap. Well they're 
not, so ttore. Oh. STs land 
Aimgas etc are all very well 
tf you can afiord them and If 
you want to pey up to E30 fw 
a game, but for us lesser 
monaJs with S-bttfi. we {or 
most of \is) are quite content 
with what we've got, 

I for one don't go rouiiid 
saying Ooh, the Amiga's got 
reaily crap sound' fcoe it 
hasn't, I knowl so why 
should otheis slag the 3p«c7 
Just be(miise it's got coIout 
clash. Blame Sir CUve! The 
Speocy's graphics are not 
'rubbish', they range !tom 
'decent to ooh lovely' {most 
ot the time) 

I have playe<l several ST 
games, and what's the differ 
eijoe between one pt those 
and a Spec game*^ Graphics. 
Wa aU down to graphite My 
128^ 2 '5 sound easUy inat<:b- 



es the ST's (when progiain- 
mecs bother to use it), and I 
personally think my Speocy 
giames play Tar better. 

Admittedly all machines 
have their daasics. and in 
time 16 bits v^ develop vast- 
ly better ^ames, but for now 
just leave \is atone. If we 
wanted 16- bits, we'd buy 'em. 
tucA al a -bitters are poor! 
TOM is also obvioualy roovtog 
towaids le-bit moieand 
more, and wiU eventually 
leave B-bits behind as the 16- 
blt market grows. But for now 
you provide good coverage for 
all popular fonnats, so let's all 
keep our snide comments to 
ouiselves while it lasts. 
l«igb 'Attribute problems 



don't matter when tlia 
gameplay's fab' Loveday, 
West GlaniiDioan 

tU wU yoR something, Wli&a 
CRAS/i covemroLinCed the 
^^seotTy classic Moon Cie«:ta, 
everyone Jkim TGM was 
fdaying it for days {when we 
could get it loBdedt). We stjli 
haveni s&en a version of 
MoboCop on any coiQpucej^ 
tliat's AS good as the 
Specimm version. And as foe 
the CommodOFe, when the 
Zzap Sizshrs compdation 
came in EVERYONE on TGM 
was plsying Dropzons at 
iunchiiwe and aftei work. 
Nuffsaid. 



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Lucky in 
luck 

Dear TGM 

Am I the vrortds luckiesst 
TGM reader^ 1 was reading 
TGM 01 & back m Januaiy look- 
ing (ot my name in the com 
petition results page alter US 
Gold told me I'd won a prize. 1 
scanned the results and 
couldn't believe my luclt when 
I saw t was runnetrup m tba 
Elite oompeUtion too. Me... 
Twice in one magazine^ 

But thai s not ail Look in 
TGMQ20 and on the results 
page there I am again Twice I 
One prize for the TGM ques- 
lionnaire, and a runner-up 
pnze ui the Silkworm compe- 
tition. Am I the only reader to 
appear twice in one issue on 
two separate oocasione? 

I buy inany different com- 
puter mags and have every 
issue of TGM, I've bad a com- 
puter since [ was about 13 
(six years ago) and have 
always bought c»mputef 
magazines. However 1 only 
started to enter the competl- 
lions about eight months ago 
afier a friend won three prizes 
m three consecutive months. 
Mark Shaw, CaniMwic. 

No, it's only luck, Maik — and 
oddly enough, seveiai peopfe 
win twice in the same month 



Braying about MSX... again 



Dear TGM 

I am back to say more about 
8 -hit machines and my name 
i£ anonymous 

Ti^re IS Something I want 
to say and that js Denaris on 
the Commodore E4 looks good 
and also got a good mark 
{torn TGM But on the other 
side the MSX 64 got a good 
marlK for the Nemesis 3 which. 



Looked UNBELJVEABLE for an 
S-bit machine, 

Well the point 1 am trying to 
maice is that ! have played 
both of them, WeU, Denaris is 
OK but Nen3»sis 3 is just TOO 
MUCH in sound, colour, 
graphics, shades and many 
more other styles. 

But don't get the feeling 
that ]ust because I own an 



Con&nued iiom page 44 

should get paid, depending on 
experience etc 

What about the fiituie of the 
SSA, are you loohing to 
expand? 

Were hoping to heooine 
international, and invite 
European and American devel 
opers And once thai happens, 
it's going to be a lot easier for 
UK developers ovei^as — and 
XbSti'B very unportant for us. 
The success of organisations 
liKe ours helps the suc^»^ of 
tiie whole industry — ft adds 
credibility so that wa can get 
leaHy established En the 
future, we hope we'll be here 



u> help the Govenunent on 
copyright problems, ooroinunl' 
cations, data protection and 
oontTLbute to their discussions. 
Perhaps, when we're estab- 
lished we'll have guest mem- 
bets — from Parliamattt — to 
add oedlbiJity, 

WeU-knowfi progranuners who 
are already Diembers of the 
Society ut Software Authors 
include Jez San, Steven Dunn 
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PBKI garries can be broken 
down into three lyp^: power 
games, mJeplaytng gam«s and 
spQftfi games, Power games 
are probably ttre most popular 
so let's start there... 

POWER QAMES 

Pertiaps you enjoy computer 
wargamos? The prt^iem (S Iha! 
after a white you master the 
computer (^n^gram $0 tt^ game 
gei% lell to collect dust Now 
imagine such a wargam© 
where instead ot pitting your 
wits against a machine. youVe 
ijiattlirtg rl Out with a hundred 
other players' That's when 
things start to get difficult. Not 
only wij) you be corK:erned with 
sound tactical dect&ionis. you II 
also need to r^e^oiiate alliances 
and watch out tor the fear&ome 
backstab Power games wary m 
compJestity. detaJJ and settjngs: 
with mosi tieing run at ieasl 
partially by computer tnodera- 
tion (a computer dectdes your 
late!) 

ROLEPUYING GAMES 

Many of you will have tried out 
the delights ol Dungeons and 
Dragons, and stmtlar bbletop 
roleplaying gafrtes (RPGsji 



Many people are quite happity filling In little 
sheets of paper every week, in the hope of pushing 
their forces to the end of the universe before some- 
one else (somewhere in Europe) does it first. We all 
have a rough idea of what Playing By Mail ts, but 
how does tt really work? John Woods giwes a begin- 
ners' guide to PBM.„ 



These are indeed great fun, but 
suttw certain limitations since 
there's only one Games Master 
(GM) and a group of around six 
pfayers. The group generally 
hhas to stick together, and its 
very difficult to have many 
secret ptots going on |eg. the 
thief cajis the GM outside, so 
everyone automattcaUy checks 
ttieir pockets') In P8M there 
isn t this pfoWem — your char- 
acter IS tree to interact in any 
way he/she wants, and with 
hundreds of other players the 
po5ShbiNt)es are very exerting. 
£ach turn you give your char 



66 TGM 1X021:0-89 




acter detailed mstructionsH and 
the reply will usually be around 
1.5 pages of storyline detaihng 
how things went- Most of these 
games are hand- moderated 
(fel)ow humans decide yc^ur 
fatef) although there are excep- 
tions 

SPORTS GAMES 

Most spon PBMs put you in the 
role of a team manager com- 
peting in league and cup oom- 
petrtfons with varying degrees 
of contrd- The mam task is to 
pick your team each game, 
although the tietter games also 
inctu'de tactical decisions as 
well as linancial controls on the 
club. Most sports have a PBM 
simulation. There's footttall. 
cricket, rugby, ice hockey, 
snooHer... you name ttl Most 
sports games are computer 
moderated. 

So what actually happens in a 
PBM game? You start oH, logi- 
cally enough, by tKiying a start 
up This includes rulebooH(s) 
ar»d your first tumsheet- The 



'osi of these vanes irom noih- 
<ng up to about £10 — tfianktul- 
^ rrwst are no rriore than £5. 
Each turn you s&nd ofl a turn- 
sheet and receive t>ack a reply 
sheet whK^ details how your 
actions went, >tou may also 
receive messages from other 
pJayers. newsletters and so on. 
Turns again vary in price from 
80p a turn up to atxxjt £4 PBM 
doesn't work oui to be very 
expensive — in an average 
game you may be spending 
£1,30 a turn (tortmight) — less 
than a pin of beer, m Lorsdoo 
anyway (and I have plenty of 
those!). 

So enough of introbuctions. 
tet's now take a look ai some of 
the better games on tt>e mar- 
ket- 

Continental rttt 

Continental Rails is a new 
release fiom' Sioth Enterprises 
The game is set in Amenca m 
the middle years of i-ast century 
Each ol the is players takes 
the role of a railway tycoon. 
With his tew initial assets he 
mtist attempt lo carve out a 
finarKjal empire, and become 
number one honcho. Ttie game 
is divided into two parts, ^fore 
the ctviE war comes the $|ruggle- 
tor the railways of ihe east, as 
players attempt to build a 
sound finar>daj base. When the 
war f^nist^es th>e race is 10 link 
California with the east, and 
open up the farther Ircntiefs of 



Play By Maii 



the tiewty &slablist>ed United 
States, Start up lor TGM read 
er^ is. free, and fufttier turns 
£2 SO Conlaa: Sloth 

EntefpriSK. Freeposi, 

SOlrthafnptori S09 1BH 

Isles style 

The hJes IS a. sirtgle character 
foleplayrng PBM sei in a fanta- 
sy land You piay the role of a 
recently released outcast wito 
has irttte o** rw hope of stirviv^i 
urUdss you join or>e of the tour 
guilds The guilds are ot 
Weapons. Stealth, Wtlda and 
Third Eye. As your character 
progresses fthem are ski its lo 
(flam, and plenly of adwnlgres 
t& keep you busy. Turns are 
wofd processed and streich lo 
ai least a sid« ol A4 Costs are 
lo* ai CI .50 start up and 90p 

Sjs SAE) lor turther turns, 
ntact: Wyvem Games, 34 
Arnside, Staptefwrd, iSkjtts NG9 
FEY 

Puck stuff 

Tactics have recently launched 
Slapslxrt. an ice hockey stmu- 
Laiion The ptayers are a>achQ9 
arxj make tactteal dedsions as 
well as coping wtth injuries, 
training and pi^yw trades Start 
up IS quite expensiH^e ai £5 (£4 
(f you mention TGM) with lur- 
ttier turns at C2. The game is 
runi tjy Math, Walton who is a 
real ice hod(0y Ian. so much 
detail and realism has gone 
inio the game Contact : Tactscs, 
£5 Lotw Friar Street. Newcastle 
Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear 
NEl SUE. 

Lone crusade 

Crusade is a century (100 per 
man unrtj level oorresponcfenoe 
wargame where intr)gue and 
diplomacy are an imporiarit and 
integral part. There are 15 play- 





ers in each ganw, with three 
fadions Crusaders. Muslims 
and Neutrals Each with their 
own factional and tndividuaE vic- 
tory conditJCMis The Crusade 
follows the historical events 
fairty acajrately The njletXK>k 
Is quite attractive and the game 
destgn well tested sjrice it's 
been running in the US lor 
sonw lime. Set up costs £2 
with further turns being Z2.50. 
Unlike many of the games oi 
rfiis type there are no hidden 
Charges'. Contact: WhiteGoid 
Garnes. PO Box 47, Ayr KA7 
4R2. 



Dlskovering PBD 

A new idea Ive recently heard 
alxiut IS Play By Dish Micro- 
Ger>esis are offenng Itiis oppor- 
tunity to owners ol Amiga, 
Atari. Spectrum, Commodore 
and I8M compatiWes. The 
game, Ranch Wars, is a 30- 
player wargame in which each 
turn's resurts are in ttie (onrt ol 
arwnated graphics and digii- 
ttsed sound. Start up is a bit 
steep at £^t.4S (inching one 
free turn) wiith lurtt^er turns a 
more reasonable £1 ,73. 
Contact: Micro-Genesis, PO 
Box 1 , Cropwell Bishop, Notts 
NG12 3GT 

All together now 

One or the lun things about 
PBM IS meeting new friends. A 
great place to do this iis at con- 
v&ntons, and H ju&t so happens 
that a couple have just taken 
place The British PBM A 4th 
Lorxknn Convention was hek^ 
on June 3. and well attended 
and enfoyed by all They had 
demonstrations ol live roleplay 
ing. PBM debates plus a well- 
stocked har On the morning), 

The second convention 
called Fiasco was held In 
Leeds on the June 17, 
Although billed as a wargames 
corivention, they had almost 20 
PBM stalls Both events were 
really cheap to get in to, so 
watch out lor news ol the next 
tew events. 

Another popular activity lor 



P9Mefs is attending pubmeets 
There are several across the 
Country of varyir>g Sizas Bnd 
regularly A pubmeel is an 
opportunity for players to chat 
with other players ^n their 
games, arid perhaps gel some 
hot tips, Ttte biggest pubmeet 
IS the monthly Lortdon meet- 
Around 50 players attend 
including a numtief of GMs. 
The event ts held on ttie lifsi 
Frtday of every month at Ttie 
Leicester Arms, To get tfwfe, 
go lo Ptcadilly Circus, then 
down itie Ittlle road t^y the 
Wimpy, ar>d its on ttte comer at 
t*ie erid. I'm there every month 
— so come and say hi' 

Head all about H 

For those who would like to 
know much more about PBM 
there are a couple of really 
good magazines available 

PSM Scroll IS written and 
produced by yours truly, so 
don't expect an unbiased 
review I tslow on its ninth issue. 
PBM Scroll Piae proved itself to 
be the most regular publication 
in the PBM market, This 'ssue 
stretches to 6B A5 pages and 
inckjdes a very up-to-date 
news section, reviews, offers, a 
readers chart, pen pals comer, 
interviews with top play$rv, 
company profile (thal's 



enough — Ed) plus late tots 
more. At just £1,25 per issm or 
£4.50 (Of a year (four issues) 
it's pretty good value Ch«oues 
payatiie to John Woods and 
sent lo 9t Wandte Rd, Morden. 
Surrey SM4 6AD 

Flagship is the most profes 
sional kx^king magazine for Vw 
fvobby. tt's usual^ around SO 
A4 pages and i» a v«ry welt 
written read. The reviews are 
always very oomprehenstve. 
tut the news ofteo suflers from 
t)eir>g out of dale, and there's 
also a tair amount of ooverage 
of US gam^. Also the reviews 
of new games generally take a 
k>ng time lo appear, it's per 
haps a little prt»y at £2 25 an 
issue {£8 a year) tuA well worth 
tl oonsk)efing itie depth ol cov 
erage. Cornai^: Flagship. PO 
Box liZ AJdrldge, Walsall West 
Midlands WSa OTJ 



It you've any »uggc4tJOiM^ 
or eonimvfifs on the PBMi 
wortd then drop me a line. 
Rememtxsr, it s the poettng 
that keeps ■ column going; 
so If you don'i want lo see 
me disappear WRITE NOW! 
T1i« «fclr«M la PSM! 
U|idit», TOM. PO B&i to, 
Ludlow, StifOfMtilr* SY9 
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DREADING THE DAY 



Judge Dredd — The 
Roleplaying Game 



Hardbacfc. 220 pages. E12,gg 
Publtstied by Games Workshop 

I Iter a period ot Gnmes 
Workshop concenlrat- 
Ing on irs lantasy ant) 
si^tence-IJclion battle < 
systems. H s good to ' 
S«e two new ralepf^nfrng 
games Upm ihe Nottinghnm- 
based company, Followinq on 
from Ih0 recent Warharnmet 
fantasy Roteplsy soltback 
frdttlofi. Gamo* Workshop 
have now repackaged two 
other lavourile roJeplay^mg 
games systems in compcti- , 
tiwly -priced formats. [ 

Each offers a complete sys- 
tern suitable for virgin role- 
players and experts alike, 
conveniently housed In a sirr- | 
{jie volume and re|>resen1lrvg 
vxcelleni value lor money. 

Judge Dtedd is. ot course. 
the roleplaying game of 
crime-fighling in Mega -City 
One. Ba&ed on the famous 
2000 AD comic strip, the game 



lets pfayers lake on the role 
of rooKte Judges pal ro (ling 
the ultra-mean MgrJsNc 
streets. As such, they are 
fesponsible lor trachlr^g 
down, capturing and sentenc* 
ing criminals (or perps — 
perpetrators} o( every kind. 
CDpiJig with crimes ranglrvg 
trom murder to tobacco 
smoking. 

The chunky hardback rule- 
book is divided into two sec- 
tions. one for ptayef s and one 
lor referees. The players sec- 
tion starts by introducing the 
basics of the game, and 
describes (tie sirnple process 
ot creating a new Judge char- 
aclof- The players a^e then 
introduced to the various 
Hams of equipment they II 
nieed to use in the line of 
duty; from the familiar {hand- 
cuffs arvd personal radios) to 
the ultra- sophisticated 



nnrMn 




Lawgiver {a Judge's gun. 
capable of firing anything 
from knockout dafts lo HE 
grenades) and Lawmaster 
(the uitra-powertul, heavily- 
armoured Judges bike, 
brlBfltng with armaments). 

Now the Judges are fully 
fttiuipped, the book moves on 
lo I he most important part of 
their duti^es — making 
arrests. In spite ot all the tire- 
power they pack, Judges 
must atlow any perp, however 
dangerous, the chance lo 
surrender. A nice touch in the 
rules Is that players are 
encouraged to Issue suitable 
ctwttenges to wrong -doers 
they come across. So Hall or 
I shatt rire? might jusi 
Impress a hardened crtminal. 
but Hold it right there perp, 
or you II be wearing your hal 
on the wet end of your neck!' 
stands a better chance. It the 
perps refuse to come quietly, 
the players' section in etudes 
full del a lis of I he combat 
rules. These arc quite simple 
but comprehensive, allowing 
for the use of all soris of 
weapions In various situa- 
tions^ 

The Game Master section 
of the book goes into more 
detail on Ihe running oi 
adventures in Mega-City One. 
There is a chapter on Itie 
geography of the ciiy. in elud- 
ing instructions tor designing 
your own 248-floor city block. 
Then comes a section enti- 
tled People, Places and 
Products which gives more 



useful tjackgrownd Informa- 
tion Including a list of famous 
individuals ^Judges, inform^ 
ers and perps) lor players to 
meet — those featured 
Inctude Judge Dtedd himself 
ilwith a truly impressive set of 
abilities, of coursef} and the 
four Dark Judges — the evil 
twinge from another dimen- 
sion. 

ConcliHlIng the Game 
Master'^ section are chapters 
on equipment, giving all the 
necessary details required by 
the referee lo datermii\e 
effects ar^d abilities ot 
Judges' weapons, vehicles 
and other gadgetry. and also 
• ahort introductory adven- 
ture. Also inetuded wilh the 
book are a sheHet of cut-oul 
cardboard figures represent- 
ing Judges, perps and 
bystanders, and a large 
colour map sheet containing 
floor plans for use in the 
introductory adventure. 

Thp rules system ot Judge 
Dredd is simple taut effective, 
allowing a fast -moving game 
that doesn't get bogged 
down in details. It's an rdeaf 
system for beginners, and 
will appeal to experienced 
players who enjoy a fasi- 
movlng, act ion- pa eked game 
with an eiement of humour 
The game captures the atmo- 
sphere and tone of the comic 
extremely welt. Any roieptay- 
er who enjoys Judge Dredd's 
adventures should get a lot 
Of fun out of it. 



RuneQuest Fantasy 
Roleplaying Game 



Soriback. 95 pages. C4.99 
Published by Games Workshop 

uneQuest Is an old : 
favourite of mine. It's a 
fantasy rolepfaying 
system that has seen 
several incarnalions, 
the most recent of which is j 
the Third Edition, published in | 
the Slates by Ave Ion Mi If. 
Games Workshop originally 
released a UK version ot this 
in the form ot a series ot hard- 
back books. Now the first of I 
these is back In prim in the ' 
new, low price softback tor- 
mat. 

Purchasers get a lot of 
game tor their live pouiKis. 



Is extremely comprehensive 
and allows players to devel- 
op characters with highly 
detailed sets of atei lilies. For 
example, characters have not 
fust the usual Hit Points, 
(describing Ihe effects of 
injuries) but also Fatigue 
points, which keep track of 
how exhausted they become 
through their exertions. 
Characters who wear heavy 
armour will find themselves 
rapidiy running out of pulf in 
a prolonged battle! In spite of 
the high ievei of detail, the 
underlying rules system is In 



TGM TX021;8-89 69 



use In p\9f, seMom requking 
reference lo charts and 
tables. 

As woll as rulc!^ for combat 
and day^o-day skNIs like 
TracMng, Climbing. 

Swiinrning and Flrsl Aid. 
Ihere is also a large section 
of the rule&OOk given over 10 
magic. There are three types 
of magic in Run&Onesl: 
Sorcery, which is like ctassl- 
cat wizardry; Spirit magtc. 
which laps the power of t tie 
ettrerea! world: and Divine 
Magic, which is carried out 
with the help of the gods 




Itwmseives. Mot all types ot 
ma^ic fiec«ssarity exist in a 
given fantasy world, but the 
Itiree sets o( rules allow (or 
«lmosi any possible type of 
magic to tie fitted Into tile 
garrvc syslem. 

The book Is atmost entirely 
given over lo rules — the 
only background material 
inclu<ied is a section on mon- 
sters and non-human races 
tor pJayers lo cncoynler. So 
this book by itseil isn't 
enough tor a compiete game. 
A referee must add back- 
ground detaifs ol a suitable 
laniasy setting for his or her 
campaign by borrowing from 
other games or getting hold 
of one of the imported 
RuneQu^st background 

packs. Sadly these aren't cur- 
rently available in UK edi* 
lions, and subsequently not 
as competitively priced as the 
rutebook. Hopefully Games 
Workshop will retease at least 
some of these add-ons in a 
low -cost format. That limita- 
lion in mind, this is an ideat 
purchase for any GM who Is 
kwking^ lor a realistic, sopbis- 
iicated and playable system 
oi rules lot a fantasy cam- 
paign. 



TO TGMTX02 1:8-89 



Civilised 

Outstanding amongst the 
recent board game releases ts 
a new British production of 
the classic strategy game 
CiviifssUon (published by 
Gibson Games, about £13). 

Covering the period from 
the dawn ol history until 
about 25<JSC, the game recre- 
ates the birlh of Western civil- 
isation as the various 
fiJlediterranean tribes struggle 
for dominance. But this is no 
dry historical simulation! 
Players each take the part of 
a single tribe and must 
expand their population to 
control more terriiorv, con- 
struct cities lo generate 
wealth and survive many nat- 
ural and man-made disasters. 
Combat will inevitably take 
place as rivaf cultures cEash 
overmuch-needed land, and 
huge armies w)H be raised to 
sack opposing ciltes and 
shatter the enemies economi- 
Ic base. 

There is also a Cdoperalive 
side to the game. Players 
must trade with one another 
to generate wealth which can 
then be used to purchase 
Civilisation Cards, the acqui- 
sition of enough of which is 
the ultimate aim of the game. 
The cards cover the various 
cultural, technological and 
artist accomplishments that 
are available to the various 
nations. These range from 
humble crafts such as pottery 
and clothmaking to the ulti- 
mate heiights oF law. philoso- 
phy and democracy. 

Many Civitisation Cards 
also provide an immediate 
benefit to the owriing nation. 
For instance, a player with 
pottery can store grain, there- 
by reducing the effects of 
famine. 

The nation that can survive 
all the inevitabie setbacks 
and be the first to reach the 
pinnacle ol civilisation wins 
the game. The gante works 
best wlilh l>etween five and 
seven players, but can be 
played wfitti fewer. 

CMtiaation is an unusual 
and compelling boardgame 
wrth the added adVfintage of 
an ahraclive and fynctional 
presentation. The simple 
rules and the complexities of 
the play, with both competi- 
tive and cooperative ete- 
ments, should appeal to tjoth 
t>o9rdgamers and wargamers 
alike. A worthy addition to 
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AM programiTtei^ have EGOS. And these egos are 
not just large, they are planet-sized. Every program- 
mer is The Programmer. His programs are not just 
good, they are the best that have ei^er been written. 
Does hJs scroll jerk? Not his fault. It is IMPOSSIBLE, 
watch my lips, IMPOSSIBLE to get a smooth scroll 
given the limitations of this crap machine' he has to 
work on. The animations aren't right? Speak to the 
Graphic Artist, matey boy, riot The Programmer. 
There's a bug in the sprite routine? Never! Your 
hardware's up the f— ing spout. This is The 
Programmer's game you're talking about. So go f— 
yourself. 

Jt shoutd also be noted that most programmers 
have IVs— Interesting Vocabularies. 



PROGRAMMERS TYPE #1: 
The Unbearably Enthusiastic 



Distinguishing Maries 

MALE — Aside from the Ian an- 

cai light in his e/es, tliene is 
very ftttle about the UEP lo alOft 
you to the horrors in store for 
you if you enooumer him These 
will become hideousE/ apparent 
Within iwo seconds of hfm open- 
ing hrs mouth. Once started, 
nothing will stop liim tafl^ing, 
stioft of a blow v^ith an extreme- 
ly heavy object — preferably a 
meat cleaver. If you have any- 
tiling a{ aft to do with the game? 
software industry you are 
advised to carry one 

FEMALE -The UEP has not 
yet been able to ifififtrale the 
femafo of ttie species, but HE'S 
WORKING ON IT. 

Habitat 

Wherever there is a computer, 
you Willi find a UEP. Unable, as 



yet, to master Ihe an ol rising 
above nonentityism. the UEP is 
always employed in a ^^f<f. very 
junior eapaciiy. Freelance UEPs 
are kept chained Ig their Key- 
boards by desperate parents, 
who can be instantly recognised 
by rheir naunted expressJoris 
and severe nervous ncs 

Ttw company UEP (every 
company has onei) will be found 
in the broom cupboard, or it a 
broom cupi)oard \& not avail 
atTle. in a room full of peopl^e 
who have developed a sucMen. 
pathological and total deafness. 

tncidentaiiy. it your broom 
cupboard has a spider, ral of 
cockroach problem you wiif fif>d 
ihai the UEP makes an excel- 
tent pest controller. 

Beliaviouraf Patterns 

Wi!h !he emotional oeveiop- 
ment of a twoyear-old. the UEP 
brings a new m^anirKo to the 
work monomaniac. He Uves, 



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PART 1 : The Programmers 



breathes, eats, ^eeps and 
dreams progfamming. and 
indeed, he is capable ol noth- 
ing eise. Failing a human audi- 
ence, he wiU dt&cuss his new 
routines wrth carpe^ts. d^sks 
and The small Idi is of green ftuff 
!tha! grow between his loes 
The mundane Things ot life. 
IrHe survival and personal 
deanline^ are totally beyond 
his ken 

Unless helped, he wiFI noi eat, 
sleep or blow his nose. His 
bed ts The tloor beneath h»s 
Keyboard and hiis home, if he 
ever had one. vs something 
that is rxofoundly grateful to be 
rid of him. If he stitl HAS a 
home rt will undoubtedly be 
making strenuous eflorts to get 
rid of him. His heattng will mal- 
function , his taps seize up, his 



fridge putrity ar^ hrs parents will 
long since have be«n removed 
to the security of a nice mental 
hon>e for I'epeaied attempted 
assaults wilh a meat cleaver. 
(One of 9mb rrrast annoyir^g traits 
of the liEP IS that he leads a 
charmed life.) 

There are those who wiii say 
thai these maltunciions occur 
because the UEP is so dedicat- 
ed that he does not have Time 
for ttie routine thir>gs ol life. 
Anyone who has ever met one. 
how^vet, knows differently. 
Even inanimate ob)ects and 
parents have a sense of self- 
preservation. 

Other Remarks 

It you see him — RUN ill 



PROGRAMMERS TYPE #2: 
Mr Universe 



solitary splendour resaarchirtg 
new and esoteric metfKtds of 
pfogramming I hat are poiential- 
iy dazEtingly lucrative. Here, His 
every need ts attended to by a 
bevy of suitably subservient 
(aciieys who mahe His cofloe, 
and Itsten with f erven liy bowed 
heads to the pearls oi coding 
wisdom that tall from H<r lips, 

Beltaviourai Patterns 

Mr Universe kriows His worth, 
and expects others to Know tt 
too. in His beneficence. He 
realises that the tower orders,, 
wtiose brainpower ts not ol The 
greatest, need constant remind- 
ing of thiis simple fact, ami. duly 
He so reminds theiti. 
He walks tafi better to iook 
down on the wortd and remind it 
ol Its proper position m Hts 
scheme of things He has many, 
many friends, all of wfiom main- 



Distinguishins Marks 

RiALE — Mr Uni'verEe is the 
Best of the Best. th« Creme de 

la Cfeme, the Greatest the 
Woi-kj Has Ever Seen In a 
world of geniuses He is The 
Genius; tt>e Ullirnate Zenith. 
You know this because He has 
saiid so, and His wofd is Law, 

FEMALE — No Ms Universe. 
He knows the way to succeed 
in tNs business At puberty He 
saw the blinding vision ol His 
glittering future and decided it 
was not enough Accordingly. 
He programmed a best-seller at 
tfie speed of light and invested 



tain the suitable distance from 
l^iim and come only vyhen sum- 
moned {It. tfiey keep out of hts 
way). AM are eager to please 
Him, and express iheirgDOciwill 
by leaving Htm to itie solitude 
He so chenshds. 
He fs far too taiemed to stay 
with any one conpany for tong, 
and theretom tries to grace a» 
many as possible with His 
pcKence. so that all n%ay have 
ttie iMK^efit of His great talent 
(ie. he gets fired a lot} So thai 
up-and-coming lesser souls 
may gain tfre maximum advan- 
tage from His presence. He 
always leaves His oarnes untrn- 
ished when He moves on, tfiat 
ThHy may have the chance to 
' i'n trom His code by com 
piesing it He is magnanimous 
in ihe ojntreme 
He has had 20 bestselling 
jgamss to date.* 



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the proceeds in a sex -change 
operatton, emefging as Tfw 
Mosi Wonderful Person The 
World Has Ever Seen {see 
al30vej. 

Habitat 

As a Ireeiancer. He has a t>eaii- 
tlfu* maison <n a rtghteous sub- 
urb that He bought when He 
was 1 7. wfier e He lives m tuMury 
surrounded by His checish^d 
machtnes. and where His every 
need is attended to by a bevy Of 
ravishing maklerts. 
fn -house, He has the largest 
office (the MD, of course, lakes 
second place), where He sits in 




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other Remarks 

^or those ot you nai au fah wtlh 

computer world technospea^, 

the foJIowfng iranslations are 

provided : ■ 

'beautiful matson' ,— "Mitf- 

Victorjan Terrace' 

luxury -^ SQualor 

bevy ot ravishing maideos' — 

mle' tot 'motfuer') 



largest otfice' — 'standard 

desk' 

'his ev«y need is attertded (o 

— ignored 

subservient lackeys' — aniag- 

onlstic colleagues' 

pearls of wisdorr — crap 

'Divrde by ten and lor best- 
selling' read nniid -chart entries' 



PROGRAMMERS TYPE #3: 
The Laid Back 

So Laid Back he's horinint?) 



Distmguishing Marks 

MALE ~ TT« LBP i» no4 so 
mudti a person as an experi- 
ervce Conversaiiorts with him 
are best oonducfed through t5 
metres of ttte kirxl o1 reactor 
shielding Chemobvl lad<.ed, or 
faihrig that, a space suit This te 
laigely due to the inter&sling 
aroma ihai accompanies tmti 
wTwever he goes Never let tt 
be saiki he doesn't wash: he 
does. . . whenever he can be 
bothered Oaperjding on how 
Laid Back he is, this could be 
onc^ a month or once a year: 
you can gauge h\5 Laid 
Backness by the depth of the 




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trail of grease he leaves behind 
him on his perambulations. 
Theae are tre<!uent, and the 
path beiween his desk and the 
coffee pot is jsuaJly only nego- 
tiable by Otympic-standard 



skiisrs or small chikjren who 
missed the snow last winter. A 
really laid back Laid Back 
Programmer can produce 
enough grease from a srngle 
foilide to keep a medi urn-sized 
McOoneld'^s supplied with fries 
and lishiburgers all year round 

FlWAte — No. surefy. there 
oxjldn 1 be, ojukJ there? 

Habitat 

One out of every 1 5 program- 
mers is an LBR This means 
that every company ar>d club (n 
the oouniry has one. You'll find 
him lurking m a darkened corner 
surrounded by half a ton ot da.n- 
dfutf arKf a moimtan o1 half 
chewed and excitingly lungoidal 
sandwiches, rolls and empty 
crisp packets Gas masks are 
usuaJfy hung t>y the entrance to 
his domain for use by those 
brave enough to entef . along 
with a sh£>vei or two to clear the 
track to his desk. 
Like many programmers, the 
LBP has no home When nol 
hunched over his keyboard 
multenng strange oaths in an 
arcane tongue, he can be four>d 
under his desk, resting his head 
on a pile of old beer cans o^^ dis- 
carded Risia papers ar^i tobac- 
00 shfeds. depending on exact- 



ly what he uses to keep hiimsell 
Laid Back His keybo^ is 
always missing at least three 
keys, its cover having tong 
since gone where ihe dead 
crabs go. His desk is supported 
by two lags, a stack of paint 
pots (half full, cor^aJed) and 
prayer. 

Behavioural Patterns 

The LBP has no worries, none 
at all. ever, He never linlshes a 
game (sae Mr Universe) — it's 
too much bother. Nothing fazes 
him The building's turning 
down? Let it burn Its some- 
body else s problem, not his. 
Like the UEP, he leadts a 
charmed life and knows, with 
pedect oonhdence, thai the 
Hames will go round him, {ust 
like everything else does 
Bomb a software house and 
you will lind, once the dost ftas 
cleared, that a desk -sized pin- 
nacle /emains rtsing up Irom 
the rums m solitary sf^ndour 
arid perched on top, the LBR 
programmrng away with r>ot a 
care in the workt. II anything, 
he will be happier, because 
ttwre's nobody to bug him up 
there. 

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ideo killed thei 



Portable entertainment has advanced in teaps 

and bounds since we first slipped on a pair of 

lightwieght headphones and boogeyed on the 

bus. Now you can watch the tube on the Tube. Of 

playback your own replays while you're watching 

the cricket- Mel Cfoucher looks at the revolution 

that we cannot ignore. What we want to know Is, 

will it all end up with Max Headroom? 



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Television has been around 
longer ihan you think Whan 
HG VV^fEs pc^ictMl pocket 
vvteos m 1903. he was loeh- 
tng inio me pi^i as wati as 
gamg nto vm tutum Wty 

tucK in fBI? a Sviredtsti boffii^ namt^ 8er7eliu5 
iransmittM iOhM of tight over distances, and as 
tar bach as 1 639 radioactivQ Edmuixl Bscquengl 
m$ ising the eJectfo cJiemcai effects oi light 
The pho^ns^tive seleniyin ceN vras up and 
running in tS73, and prototype TV &ets we^e 
canstrudfld m 1884 !t>y Paul NipkoiAf using scan^ 
mng discs Five years later an attemativs system 
was btiilt by Lazare tetter uSing revotvmg mt* 
irors ^iedhfif of thsin could ampily tfieir images, 

'But tMtiai ateud Baod^ I hear my Scottish 
isidefs cry. Sorry Scotfand, but John Log« Basird 
didnii iFwent latevtston on 11 Apni i925 a& The 
T«iieG woutd ham il ha didn i even conie cioee 
T«(encion HAS mvenMI by a Russian Jew 
naned Bon$ Rosung,^ the year was 1907 artd m 
stjccsssfully loed catfioda ray tubes connected 
to r$vofvim mifrored dmms, Fojf years lat&r Mr 
CampbeM Swtnion ncked tr« Ktea, afid ijied to 
maitja a portable mactune Welt, it was on 3 
' Batbad iT'OI^. but it s tne thoi^gtit that coufits 

So hcmv did we get trorri there to pocket 
vison^ By 1923 two Vanl«s named Jenftuns and 
Moore were happ<iy sending shadows dtmn 
wires, and Behri' and HohVOcK were doing the 
same thing mnihout wteb ffiiough the French air- 
waves TTte same yter artotf^r l^iAann. 
Vtadimir ZnKvyHin. cfactoJ rt. and too't out a 
p»ini for an electromc t^^/ision system He 
uns bought out I3y a hnie outfit m the StatBs 
caMed EMI. Ttwn, and only tfien. comes Bvrd- 
Wm JOhmy Qawd ^so tooli out a patent in 
1S£!, based on the oid Sp*nn«ng dt$c idea In 
Sapiemtwf 1929, the youthful BBC ^ar»d 
txptpfotmi broadcastirtg us^ng his system, and 
at 330pm on Morxlav. ? Ncventher 1^6. ine 
mf^Ki first tetewsion servi<^ was launched hwn 
tie Ally Pally London, H was oap In lact the 
240-brte pdure quatiiy vi^ $0 dire t^al the 
whole system was scrapped after itiree months 

Meanwtiiile badu >n the states Zworykm, now 
a refugee l^om (he dreaded Boi^neviks. had 
roped! tn me raiO*o pioraer Marram as wetl as 
EMI, and tjy 1^* ihty had a system wttich 
would be easity reragnized today 405 lines, 50 
n«[)daced ftwnes a second, giwing 25 coir^ilMe 
"^aoes a seam). They had eteciiorK amm&. 
'S and receivers. i4moh by Hmch 
u,<iL'. a.<d white screens reraiiing at around 
eighry <Tuid, and just like Rwperi Murdoch 5 Sky 
cha/HMis tfuy had no aud«nce because Ihey 
tiad no programs Tfie Beeb took or^ belied 
look at the system arid the rmt. »& they say. is 
history 



Apart from a load 0^ old gimmidts, nothing 
niuch changed m tlw world o( portabte televis»on 
untit the Seventies, The scifi OuNs *ere way 
ahead Ol the field, as th«y aiways are Pulp mags 
ot Bie Forties and low budget SF fitms ot ihe 
Fifttee rsgulorty featured' the next televisual revo- 
Mion pefsenaJ tv Wnst- watch TVs. po<*ei 
reoeivers. perfect images com?ng from iiny flat 
screens W^hen the Japanese actually produced 
a wrist waich TV m t97t nobody was the least 
bit surprised, and when Undo Chve threw Ne 
mof>D 2(nch screen Sinclair mio the maritet 
place a decade later, ttie ortiy reaction was wtiai 
kept htm so king, and why do the battenes keep 
rufininoout. 

From !97i onwards, portable miru TVs were 
available to anyone in Britain wMi a bn of nxmey 
and a fet 0! musde. The RikorxiM ffOffl the 
USSR being chunlty. meialtc. cheap and wei^ 
ing a ton the ubtquitous Japar>ese brands bang 
tussy plastic, overpriced and also weighing a 
ion But, and slop me if you've heard this one 
before, after Sinoair paved the way he was 
bkjwn Out by competrtors wrtfiin a cotipie of 
yea^s, and miniteilevtsNHi started to take off 
OuTftis like Casio produced very sexy pet^onai 
receivers, like ttieir 3-inc^ model costing £96, 
we<ghi!ng a few ounces, and folding down to a 3- 
trwh by 4indi packa^. The image was tMadt 
and whrie. and receded onto a thp-up mirror The 
genefat pybltc was sceptical!, put the yi^]p«JS 
bough) them by #ie thou»nd. T^ are now 
buymg cotour portables |ust as eagerly, 

MirH^lure televi$iOri screens wHI soott b$ &s 
Gpidemc as canned mi^sic The Germans are 
alreedy fittirvg an imeradive auttevisual unit mio 
car (toshboantte as a navigation systern Tnnee 
West German cities have been sprinkled with 
information nodes and the entire country wilt be 
etectronicaUy mapped by 1 994 

Back home, Wgin's Richard Branson, has 
ordered over three miHion quid s worth ol 5- inch 
LCD colour screens, to tit on the bacn of all his 
airlirw seats Passengers can choose between 
ten ifldao channel, they can ofder boo», grub 
and duty frees off screen They can also play a 
seiectton of silent [\\ video games including 
che$s. by using tfTtsfactwe pads burtt into theiir 
food trays 

Not to be outdone. Pfybps and VVvner Bom 
have joined torces m a jomt venture called 
Airvison First cifitomer m Brmsh AtnArays who 
are titling out Boeing 747s with back- ot seat 3- 
inch LCDs Passengers wiH have access to six 
diannels and can watch Airplam 2 m living 
colour, |u$t as the jxk^t anrtounces the traditional 
emergency landtrvg for real When n comes to 
personat mrmvision. science- ftcticn « already 
fact. So here s my guide to what s r^ew and cur- 
renUy available 






PERSONAL TELEVISIONS 

(Olmensioos in inches^ 

BOOTS (own brarxJed) MTV-S. E70 

SiHxS. 5incn rngfto tuom mdims Of adaptor Cheap 
and nasty ri« little cube, tM it » porUtHe JusL 

CASK>TV'500,£d9 

2Sx4i\.S. 2'nct> LCD ootour scmm banseries 
imdudBdi car bghter sodtet or m«m abatttm 
{C^ IS Birtrei In g wgrd abnkMty bkndy niarv«^ 
iMmi il weigrq less ifian (weiw ounoet. ffw pciura « 
pin sharp You can use the thing as 1 video or cam- 
cgrder monftcr it's got an automatic channel leartft 
tor bom VHF .and UHF lr«queflci*ft, and K ihi tele- 
scopic afUnma isn t good enough (or you, (here's an 
e<lamal fack lor any ottw source el signal Eat yow 
hean out dwe S^nciair. 

BOOTS (own branded) CTV>5B. CieO 

6kS):9 $-in^ cokjur lube, mans ol adaptor **«. so 
dn^ tt tttt Boots MTV-5, but |ui) IS n««ly ptntc 
bust Mflh dreidlUI pictwe and leuonatate sowA For 
ClQft you get a FM>ly(W fAto ««fadBe 

SEISHO CTV'^S.S, £160 

7x7x10, S5-<ncn csfcur tutH. baiOBry, mm. car- 
lighter adaptor Oaons o«n-brand machra indbdec 
an FMMW mto^ and qtMMie ai t HemiBfiw « fw 
peiiabilty sattes. Pieiu» tfuafty i$ surprieingly ciaer, 
arv9 v\6 sound isnt bad «ther Beats me Boots oppO' 
iition hands down, 

FERGUSON PTV02 A, t3M 

4x41,2. 3 !n<:h colour LCD s^wn. rnaifis {if inclusivir 
rediargeable battery A tr^e pochet inacJiirie, with a 
frusiraiNng; hour or SO ol waldlaOAty u«ing the bonery 
pad( <a[^ugr> it ooe$ have a betttry-eaving auth- 
ority taiiure wtwh s en emezin)|^ n^ tonoept (or a 
televWer^ saiv WMghino in at orily 350 green, and 
wi|h an active matrn hi-ra$ sorein, the image is 
exotent, the aound m poiy as youd aitpea The 
opuoiial hgh^iapecity baiieiy pack « recommertded 
if ftkff Httiei can stand ii l^e, camcorder moum is 
pancUady use^ lor tocaiion rnantsims. end tw 
Witrple ere pertsd lor a pa-kat mactww. 
menibtaM nw i tehea you eaiM hnoefc Oiem off 
superb product 

F^NASONIC TC-L30 Minivislorv, ir32t 

4Kg)tZ 3 mti) cotour LCS screen, matns. battery or 
asa«Mor. Loohmg H« e commurticator Nun tfu 0$$ 
Ento^risa. this hand-held has a huge advantage 
over itiofi rmnivtsktn setr 4 works anywtMfiB n 
Europe AH ^ou have to do is mneh to the appropT' 
aia syiflfltn and rtapbDn vw rhe letascopc a^nal rt 
unsurpassable Absolute ttaie-ot thtari wafer-vwi 
screan, i^mpnsing over 100.400 piHels. each fidmd- 
idHy controRed. Ine aud« n erummy, «id a decerii 
ear^lwie is needed to gM anythtng approadwig 
deosflit sound Thelt^upacreensaemivery vutner- 
able and prorie 10 gMtmg iisall fheand off, and tor 
this son of pnce t$Q wmeflwig more lobustf ooik 
ibuctttd wouid seem 10 be r order Bid 'Sht butt pic- 
lurt I have evtr eipenenoid. whch 4 quit Uine- 
th*^ (rom a getuiiie Mwh. 



Mers Reeofiifneiitfetf Best Buys 
In personal TV 

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PERSONAL VIDEOS 

I Have soir* dfffiiaiiy wKtefstan*rig the whote oon- 
cept of portable mini video systems. Isn't tfie whoUe 
poml aiawn personal TV to enabte tfie viewer to 
wWr\ Ml (he hcxjf? So wtiy Ume-shift on ffie more 
w+ten you cart do it at home? Obviously th« manufac- 
Curefs tiave re$earch«4 itie* globaJ maritjelptaGe, but 
wilti poce t^ *« tfwse I rernajn irt»fi«ncsd. A 
personaf wdso is not a camoonjef. twt a mireaiMsed 
VCf^ pKiS monito'. ollefi witt a racfio fiecetvieT ixMigfltl 
in. to doubt these mactiHrh&s are pnecursofS to the 
in«vrtjyble global pocM ctommuncator 'ealiinng TV, 
VCn. VKteo letephone. personal organiser, computer 
and data£)3S8. Shalt we ^ tuif 19^? I ^wk we 
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CANON Canovisior^S 

Svidged version of the Sony Video Walkman, 
TV.'Video-e machine (SM betow} 



SONY GV-d VidM WsKcman, Etb« 

4i8x2. VtdeO'B lotmai, 3'H>wi colour screen, battery, 
ma^n; adajytt}r. Sony are so conficteni about this 
product thai rh«y tiave iaur^cned 400 prerecorded 
titles to go .With *t. beautifully produced, robust, ^e*h, 
|iusi wiiat you'd expect from tihe markel teaders tad 
mst\iOtt of ttie originaf Walkman Excaltsni soirrtd 
via headphores. but !he live' picture was a iiTlie dts< 
appwnting Prerecorded V«deC'8 tapes eave excel 
>ent 'esi^, tMt off-air homQ- recorded ta^pes $uHer 
trom the ftarujitiap of time limitation, TMs can t>e 
exiftrtded by usiflfl M-min-uta (apes in lor*g-piay 
mode WTw> It was. launched m TfJvfQ il cost We 
equivaiertt o( £570 Biit the UK laurich is rumoured to 
be pftce<J at a horrilN; CQOQi iQhedt with reiariersn) 

PANASONIC NV-1 S-VHS-C, £840 

tex6*3 VMS C formal, S-mcn LCD colour screen, 
mairts- rKJiargeable power pack. # truly amajing 
rriaci^ine. and &o >i ^houkl be at this price BnllianI 
picture, nme heads using the mim-VHS system, hi-ii 
souiKt. tHiilt'in radcD, lonq-piay option, and all m a 
gsnuHuly ponabie paci^age i^eighirii^f t 5k(). The 
accassones are verging on th« insane., w^th a micro 
camera costrr^ £440 and weighing 349g ttial you 
war on a headband (£40 e^ctralf t can see those 
Japdn#s« tourists already, wt^ich is jugt as wel* cos I 
don t tnow any Briis who can aftord gnrnos like tftis. 

CASIO VF-3000, £558 

3.3-indi LCD colour screen, slarkdard et2e VMS (or- 
mal. mams, adaptot or power pack The two MIO 
uwiglit IS |ust aix>ij.r acceptable, bui the image $eemG 
£omew^t washe<l' out unless iigtiting conditions are 
perfect Obvious advantages with the standard VMS 
cassetifls ttik and maichinp w<^ home- based sys- 




lerrts, but disappointing that Ca&io have not opted for 
lioensing the new, rmproved- thifd generatiort Super 
Of HO VHS. Ths ts not for reasons of picture quaMy 
bwt because ot frw hombie sound that VHS pro- 
duces. arKJ the Iremer^docs socind i^jaMy of other 
Casio lyoducts 

HITACHI VT.LC5, Etba 

i6j!6x2, 5-incfi colour LCD recefirtWi'monitor plus VHS 
fecoiider , mains or battery II you tfm* that over ttviw 
and a hatf k»los counts as yiy portable I man'X dis- 
agree, bet tuand-hew this m]. TT» hqutd cfystai 
image is superb, and itie funge-up screen reveals 
surprisingly robust CorttroSs and assorted gfmmnits 
Tn* d'esjgn is remirnscent of ttie sta^ike miiac osn- 
VBS Of lti« eariy SevenDes, and already tooics Idte a 
inuseum pieoe. but e a <isttf»ct altem^tive to the 
dwarf Slack sysiems on ofler. 



S0HYEV-DT1 r900 

6!t9Kt2,t- .-,:■.„„: •.., .^ - .c^-jo^ formal,. mains. 
1Z24V adapter-. I^leady snx Idos m«ke this one a Lap 
lop. and 01% thofi if you're r^ consideiiing retroduc 
iiQfl. Classic layout of monitor sitting ontop ot VCR 
Hitti twin lelescopii; ani«imae kjokifiQ |ust liiie a hvts 
dtawtng of a Ma^tMn. One (or the lujtmry 
cafupBf r^^i^nsng bngade, and the de^ Th« sound s 
appafnp amd an nfrusive cootaig £an cuts m eve^y 
Bme me damn tftrng is SMtci^ on Other Uian tHat 
no ownptainits at alt BeatrtifuMy- r.^.-,..n..^ ,^f, 
ev«ry ^mmicfe imagiriaibte tuiA '^ :hs tan t 

reoonl arrytfitng except ttie ctn^ine: yOu ib wstehtng. 
what tfie bioody ti^snkff 



Nlet^ Recommended Best Buy in 
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SOMY GV-£ VtOEO WALKMAN M CSK 
eiighity less of a waste of mwwf ti^ ttw i«l, 
but th£ prtc« hike fqr^s ma to say w«^ ■ yew 
Of two detofe popfiing a video in your podtet 
A playback^only tm6ti wM soon be 
at a irun redistic price. 



6f Itisti Airways an* Inslalling (tie Skyvlew 
System. Passengers simply pull up a screen on 
)heir armrest, plug in a headset and load one at 
the avaiiatiie video 3 cassettes. Volume, briQlil' 
nesa, tint end colour can ofli be «diM«t«d. 




Above. icrlockwisG' from Itie lof^ 
left; The Ferguson PTVOJ, 
wllti 3-inch LCD screen, the 
Sony EV-DT1 with 6- inch 
acrc*iii. Ga&iO TV6500 ol 27 
inches, and the amazing Sor^y 
GV-S Video Walkman with a 2* 
incfi $crQ4}ni. The appliances 
ahi>wr> are not in scale with 
each other! 



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TGM^s Japanese correspon 

dent, Shintaro Kanaoya, 

gives the lowdown on Far 

Eastern news 



that dire StaJtorie mofvue, te. in 
tact based on a comic. The 
Cobra of the stoiy is an hsroc 
space pirate A long ihme ago, 
he had his left ami surgicaity 
j'smovt^d with ^n axe, and n^gw 
p<»5e5ses a Psycho-Gun titere 
instead Being a Japanese 
game, ^11 ttie women wear 
shoelaces as cosluines and do 
ard say provocative things, 



Hudson uts desigr»fs) are 
txinginig out an evtefnal Banery 
Back-up Sysiem Thrs save- 
game idea hias proved' to be a 
hiu0e success on thns Nmtencb. 
most notaWy on RPGs, where 
prevHOusty long pa&swcrds haid 
to bo entered. With a press ot 
The button, ttie garrw is saved to 
memory, powered by a sm^l 
battery whrlie the computer is 




Welcome 10 a new 
regular column that 
will try to uphold 
Iruih, justice and 
the Japanese wa/ 
ol piaying oomputef garnes. 
Each month 111 be brrnging you 
the latest news, views, gossip 
and lotaliy unconftrmed rumouffi 
in the hope ihat one of Ihem wiff 
be true. 

I If primaNiy be covering com- 
pulers arti software but il some- 
thing catches my eye, or ear. HI 
try to menlion It here, Most 
Japanese machines will be 
loohed ai. from the Nintendo to 
itie FM Towns, from itie PC 
Engine to the MSX (well, maybe 
the MSX). From time to time 
itiere may be the odd Up Her© s 
two On \n& Ergirws CD ROM, 
il you play an audk^ CD witti the 
Systems Card in, yoo have 



access to a Gu menu witti lunc- 
tions such as Fade Out and A-B 
Repeal, And did you know thai 
you can run an unconverted 
Engine on a monitor with only 
the loss ol colour? However, I'll 
leave the game tips to Robin 
Candy. 

Natura%, rrxist of the things 
mentioned won't be available 
her© for a while, apart from PC 
Engine goods which are now 
(instantly entering Britain But 
most ttiings will probably gel 
over here eventually — ar>d 
TGMs liere to prepare you. 

Now, firstly, I he ev^ergrowing 
PC Engine Twin Cobra which 
was mentioned last month as 
both a ROM card game and a 
CD ROM game is in fact two 
games I haven't seen the ROM 
version but Ih© CD version, just 
called C&bra. and not based on 



Astafoth has nothing on this, t 
bought the gams on a Monday 
evening. Tuesday e:00pnn it 
was completed* Yup, C!^ira is 
pne rnean game Although it's 
lass ol a graphics and sound 
demo than Dragons Lair, it sti^lf 
looks, and mostly sounds, like a 
CD-ROM denro. Oh and it's an 
adventure — in Japanese, of 
course I 

One game that Im especially 
looking oul for is Aiter&d 6&3Sl 
This could prove to be a testing 
point between the Engine and 
the Mega Drive . Qraphkaily the 
Engines actually not up to the 
Sega machine, but playability is 
the Engines strong point, In 
fact, Sega's games are appear- 
ing quite regularly on the 
tngine: Oul Run, Shinobi. 
Afterbumm, Thurttier Bfade Blc 

Staying wiih the Engine. 



off. (Ell Ilka 
add-on 

Because of Ihe size ol the 
Engine's media (the ROM card}, 
this metfKK) had nol been used 
before. Hudson s sysiem ins on 
th$ expansion port at the ttack 
of Ihe machine so there may be 
a problem with some Engines 
over here. Howeveir. Micrp 
Media toll m© that they r© looK 
ing into producing duel expan- 
sion ribbons for PAL TV users 

What about CD ROM' Well 
no, it protjably woul<in t lit into 
the CD-ROM, but the CD-ROM 
has got its own back-up systeni 
in the RAM interface land nol a 
tot ol people Know that). Looks 
like RPGs can finally make it to 
the Engine (Boo, ) hate 
Japanese RPGs. after all, wt>en 
did you iast see a cutesy zotn- 
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owners kxM out for Dsmis, rt 
looks sat to nvai R- Type 

Orio other machines., Th« 
NtnterKio 8 bit has. once again, 
gone ipio Dragon Quest manta. 
This fouhfr one wiM pitibatily 
have hJds KjlJrng their parents (of 
cash to buy it. You hrtow Japanf 
TTm last one had^ kids bunHJng 
SCtWOJ on Ihe cJ^y i1 wbs 
released, arxj adults rtoi ^oing 
to «ofkl I cam see wtiai the 
tiBs's about, Though Also on 
the Nintendo front, prepare 
yourseH tor the oommg oi 
another baseball seasor^. 
Although the real season has 
alread)^ started, the games are 
GtHI fn their starting blocks. This 
year tliere are i4 ol ihe damn 
things coming out Japanese 
ecscentncrties... i guess itiey bal- 
anoe out the hard wotlk. global 
monetary doitiinalion, aTiid the 
desiructton ol the motorcar and 
ttke industry Nyah Nyah Oh, 
ar>d Hostages will be coming 
out in November (or the 
N^nter>do, 

The Maga Dnva has. Out Of 
fiowtiere, brought out 

Daimakaimufa. Ghouts 'n 
Ghosts to you- And i1 k)oks 
awesome. The graphics are oF 
pure arcade quality and com- 
paring them to the arcade ver- 
sion seem* pomiless: you won i 
spot any dftfwence, As for how 
it pleys. we'll all have to wait 
until August. Also coming out 
for the first of the two 16-bils is 
Supsr Hang-On and Super 
Masters Remember Super 



Thunder 8ia(fe? I'm beginning 
to wonder about Sega and all 
the«f Supers. Afso, watch out for 
Wo^ Cup Soccer ar>d Fist of 
the NofJh Star — the comic has 
just come out m Britain, com 
plete with appalling translation 
and lots of blood, Fists pre<ie- 
cesser appeared on British 
Segas as Bhck 8^t 

And fmaiiy, following last 
month s Garne Boy storyn Sega 
ar»0 Atan are laur>chinQ hand- 
held machines. The Sega 
machine has gone right back to 
Bhe Game * watch roots ot one 
machine, one game, no Car- 
tridges. Still, they only cost 
about £15 so that's not too bad 
a price and cheaper than mosi 
Amiga games. The games are 



Out Run F'1. SutfftisrifJs Wars 
and SDI, And you may even 
see Ihem nn the Virgi^n 
Megastores, ttianks to Richard 
Branoons importir^ig console 
^af With Jap>an. 
TiJI next month, sayonara. 



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Paul Rigby takes a took at the phenomenon of 
American imports. TGM's regular columnist tells alMirt 
shadow software, what's out, and where to get it from... 



The 

ADVENTURE 
STRATEGY 
ROLEPLAY 

Column 



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Pick up any compuler magazine with a 
leisure soltware section and you w<l4 
encounter sudi names as Ocean and 
US Gold, American-boBed companies such 
as MicroPfos« and Eleclronic Arts, a spfin- 
ktinq o1 European and Antipodean software 
houses and the Japanese console ph&- 
nomenon, 

While bafiking in this corvfortabie state ot 
familiarly ytw may ba surprised to learn 
that, within foreign shores. Ihere is another 
large, thriving sohware industry producing 
quality, inrxivairue and sometimes revolu- 
tionary prnDducis Yei you have probably 
heard litlie r>r nothing atrout Ihem, 

The principle country which houises this 
'shadow' :software mafhei is the USA. 
However, Itrere are other countries, such as 
Japan H who have an increasing E^hadow 
home marViet {an-d I am not referring lo con- 
soles here}. But for the rncmenl all Sudl 
products terw* to fitter towands the more 
mature Antofican arena. 

When I describe 
these home 
markets as \ 

*stiadoW mar 
kets what 
mean is that the 
said protfucts 
are, m ihe 
main 
researched 
designed ar>d mar- 
keted (at least ini- 
tially) for the home 

market (a possible UK parallel being home- 
product adventure games) With national 
economies and the large number of com- 
puter literate users in the USA and Japan, 
the shadow software market does very well 
thank you There is no pressing need to 
export Itie products to the 
liKes of Europe. 

In Ihe case ol the USA this 
js amptified by several con- 
tritxitory factors such as the 
USA having a long history of 
senous. disK-b^ed software 
with a higher shell ble Thus 
shadow software houses 
tiave twen able (o survive Ctie 
lurbuienr and periodic market 
slumps by bemg able to lall 
hack on the steady, rrtature 
software buyer That is, the 
person wtx? purchases disk- 
ba^d adverltures, RPGs and 
strategy games. 

In this country and. in fact. 
Western Europe as a whote 
we are only now seeing seri- 
ous attenlion being paid to 
the latter software categories 
by the Itkes of US Gold and 
Ocean. Conpanies who have 
t>een harnpered by the popu- 
larity of tape-based soi^vare 



But what Ibrm does the shadow software 
take? 

The shadow unveileij 

Well, you may have heard of several exam- 
ples filtering through as imports from 
obscure sources. One or two popular and 
familiar titles used lo be obscure, import- 
ware The Ultima series is a good example, 
made popular with MicroProse s baoktnfi. 
I brought two pieces of importware to the 
notice of the UK 
gamesplay 
er when I 
recently 
reviewed 
(elsewhere) 
two games 
c a N e d 
Breach and 
Patadtn 
from a US 





shadow software 

house called Omnitrend. Both of these 
games have been snapped up arvd will now 
be distributed by Artronc Other cases 
have occun^ed where a Eurr^wan distnbiM 
tor has grasped, with txiih hands, a pc^si- 
bly jujcy piece of shadow software. So you 
may find a piece ol shadow software being 
monitored (for good or bad reviews, sales 
perlormance. etc) by oiitside sources lor a 
shon period before any lormal approach is 
mecte to the shadow software house But 
this IS all rather general. Lets look a little 
more ckisely at a few of Ihe piayefs in tfte 
game whose teams atways play ai tiome. 

Simulations Canada, or Sim Can to the 
streetwise, are. as you may have guessef}. 
t>ased in Canada, They deal largely k\ 
war^mes No sufpnses so tar FiOe — but 
how many computer based wargames 
have you played wilfVHit graptiics? Sim 
Can's whole gaming po*tcy revoives around 
the prir>ciple of the much-heated subiect ol 
tt» Fog of War Which, basically, means 
{Ptat the player, as the commanding ofricef,r 
is sevefety restrictsd in his supply ot intefU- 
gence regarding the enemy (your oppo- 
nent's strength and location, for exam^], 
as well as having hmited observaition about 
what the enemy is up io and having more 
than youf fair share ot bad luck. In other 
words, a true simulation d military combat 



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Siar^apan^td: Uaswrplsy's Star Sagi: 
Ori*£*di(J{eifn£r {f^ft), thirst Row s urtusuil 
OtY TV show ganv. Prime Hme, ffov^A •'*<' 
SimulBiions Canada's Grand Fkwt 

As Sieve Newburg, PreskJeni of Sim 
Cart has said: '.when your carefully 
planned anack goes wrong, weksonve to ihe 
real world Do you really want to know 
sverylhing about youf forces and the 
erjemy s' tf 50, why are yoo playing a'com- 
puier game? Etoard games are greai ai <et- 
ling you know pretty much everything and 
Ihey COS! a loi less. 

Which IS vii>y Sim Can games are, lafge- 
ty, t^xt-based, Feeding you a variety o' 
reporls from your offcers, recce ai/craft 
snd so on. You iry yoor best to keep iradt 
of all the movemenls by using the Included 
map and counters (or laminated map 
sheets and pencils}, Sim Can gama« are a 
bre«d apart arx) are, ^ndrdily, an acquired 
taste for all of those sirategy players so 
used to graphic-based wargames. 

Rjoleplaying games too 

The dedicateo American RPG player waits 
wrtlh bated breath tor the ne>!t in the series 
of two wedHnown products. The lirst is the 
tatesi Ultima game The second is the next 
Wizafdry RPG. Sir Techs Wixardfy may be 
fsmillar to one or two of you out there. They 
did try to Introduce Ihe series to the UK 
many years ago but biigh jorioes amd bad 
timing let them down, so they retreated to 
the USA However Wizardry is recognised 
as one ot the top RPGs in the field — rank- 
ing along Utftma tor sheer playabcFfly arid 
qtiaJrty of gameplay (even though the 
graphics are refnble]. The senes has 




d ready reached Wnardry V on the PC 
while C&4 conversions are catching up ~ 
Wiiafdry fH havtng jusl been releaseid. 

One of Wizardry^ mairt contrtouting 
authors, Andrew Greenluerg, recently 
formed his own company, known a& 
Masterplay. TTieir first product |ust happens 
to be extraofdinarv. Star Saga: One is, 
probabfy, Ihe very first multiplayer comput- 
er RPG Each player lakes control of an 
individual character {a maj<^imum ot six 
playing) within the same game world 
Each character has h»is own quest and rt 
is possible to travel the game work] and 
never see another player Although cooper- 
ation soon plays a pan between players 
Star Saga One is, in a word, revotutionary. 
In fact Greenberg has termed it as 
PartioipatKvi Drama to $ei it apart from 
other RPC^. 

Koei are arxither sfwdow sottware 
house. inA this time from Japan. It )S 
Strange to think of serious sottwam ema- 
naling from this source. (However, Koei 
|%ave gone down a storm in their t\Q(ne 
oountry. as well as ttue USA. lor their series 
ol strategy game« which alkiw trie player to 
take economic, diplomatic and military 
decisions. All of their creations are based 
upon t^ie historical East, Scenarios include 
the second century Japan and sixteenth 
century China. 

Para^jn Sohware are about to step out 
of tt>e shadows. Having previous^ pub- 
lished Ihejf aidvemyre games m the USA. 
Paragon have been picked up t>y 
MicfOProse So a European debut canrvoi 
be far away Two titles figure in the deaf. 
at ttie nfKxnenl Ttie lirst. Tw^tght's 
Ransom, involves you on a frantic 
search lor your girifriervd who tias been 
kidnapped by terrorists. The second. 
Guardians of fniinity.: To Save Kennedy, is 
an adventure full of seaet agents, tin>e 
travel and JFK, The latter adventure was 
written m the adjticial mielligfirtoe language, 
Prolog (ttie first of its kltvi to my knowl- 
edge], so it has the capability 10 wipe the 
tioor with Infocom — we shall see. 

There are many other shadow software 
companies and games which i have not 
had Space to mantron. But, if the above 
makes your mouth water, you will be 
pleased 10 learn that I will be taktng a regu- 
lar look at the reams of importware avail- 
able, as well as news ot new products. As 
you may of guessed. Ih© one drawback 
with fmpoftware is the high price. However, 
many ol these games are worth it. But 
which ones, you askl^ Stick with The 
Games Machine to llnd out. 
■ Wf>efe can you buy these weihj and 
wonderful games' Well, you can txjy direct 
Irom the USA However, there are a small 
number of dedicated UK outtets who spe- 
cialise in [tits (orm ot soltware, coniaci; 
Strategic Pliia Software. PO Bok 8, 
Hampton. Middlesex TWt2 3XA. 
Tel:(0l)979 29&7. 
Computer Adventure World, Bank 
Buildings* 1 A Charing Cross, 
Birlcenhead L4t GEJ. 
Tef: (051)666 1132. 

Software Circus, The Plaza On Ovford 
Street, London W1. 
Tef: (01) 436 2811 
I do know that Strategk: Plus and Computer 
Adventure Workf have a catalogue (includ- 
ing updates) bul Software Circus, at Ihe 
time ol wntmg, do not. However, please 
gi\^e them a rin§ to check. 



LARRY'S 
BACK! 

Gofng over tt» your friend's hotii« to 
se9 hit latest game can be fun — btrt 
think how great It Is when you're visit- 
ing Sierra On-line In CatifOftli. 
Marshal M Rase n thai, looKs at their 
Mwnt gdmes — iflcluding Leisurt 
tittUrrf3. 

Cokimi's BeCftiost begins anoth>er 3-0 ar^ 
maied adventure, o<ne crsllsdi by Robena 
Wiitams of Chiesi lame. Take p&i\% ol Mel 
Brooks and Agatt^a Chnstve. and the result 
Is a 1 920s muriler mystery set on a plwUh 
Iron mansion deep in the Bayou Of nIbw 
Orleans There s a mmour of Civil War 
treasure, and perhaps a kJtier to discover 
— lei s t>ope young Laura Bow is up to the 
task. A new feature is ihat the game r^jne 
In real time — events occur wheA^er youVt 
there to witness them or not. 

Jim wails leaves the police scene lo 
bring us Codename ice Man. Play Ihe part 
Of ,k»hnny WesHand, one ol tm ekte US 
Navy SEALS (SEa, Aif. Land Service). 
Your mission is to rescue tf>e Aimbassadof 
wTios held hostage in North Atnca. The 
hpew Sierra Command intertaoe (SCI> 
gyves this animated adventure great musK 
and double the gra|)hic resoicftKKi of belofe 
(a teaiure that can tie found now m ^ e( 
Slefras new products) A new wrinkle hat 
beeci aidd«d — srmulaiion Part of your 
mission wtll reqiire piiohng en aitvancad 
nudear submanrie to your dealihetion. 
aivQiding detectuHi and destroy ir^ eno 
mieB. 

Ae a bit of change ol pace, there b 
Hojfte's Book Ot Games. Qlve a go at 
crazy ei^^ts. c/ibbage, soAaire arxt tive 
other tavourttes. Wlh a drffarence, cjf 
course, because you're pJayir^ agamst 
three eKtremety animated opponents Your 
point of v^tew is that of sittif^ <lown el e 
card Labia, your harxl face Up (everyone 
B^se has their cartas face down). And don I 
take too long to make a rnove, or one ol 
your o$)por\ents will give you a VERV dirty 
took! The cafds. by the way. are not quHe 
as inanimate as you might think. 

King Arthur And The Search for The 
Maty Qmii is an animated adventure that 
draws h«a^ on Hie le^vnd. There's 
Arthur, his sword Excallbtir. Guinevere, S^ 
tjjicelol anid Merlin Plus p^my of troubte. 
as Arthur's quest takes him throughout 
CamekM and the Holy Land Designed by 
Chnfity li^arx and Peter Lodger {a husband 
and wife te^n), Arthur titenefils from thetf 
expenef>oe and expertise as writers and 
cartoon animators. 

Finally (I know you've been waning for 
Ihisj there's Letsure Suit Lmry 3, Info here 
is sketchy, but it appears that poor Lany's 
marriage Is on the rocks, A new character, 
Passionate Patty, makes her debut — and 
she li be figunng pretty heavily in the 
action, in fact, you II be controlflng her 
some ot the time rather than just okl Larry 
(a good opportunity to see tt^ womani 
point of viewj. How lo describe PR? i ve 
heard itiai she's a (shudder) female Larry. 

All gamee are oul in the Stales \hts 
Autumn, so eicpect a Ctvnstmas UK 
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Over the page the reviews start; Paul Rigby explains the ratings... 



Dim Iq luck of space lasl mofith, I was 
unabte \t> expfaln wttat on *eanh tti« rat- 
ings meant. I now hop« lo reclJfy (he sit- 
ualion. As Ihls column covers adven- 
tures, strategy and RPG9 (three game 
Cfl'tegorles with fundamental differences) 
I thought II vi^ould be foolish to give 
itwanfngless general ratings, t have, 
therefore, adopted a dtfferent ratings for- 
mat tor i^ach category. More complicate 
e>d? Mayt>e- However, ihey wKl provide 
more Information than a simpter 
QrspliJcs' Of 'Sound rating. 

ADVENTURE RATINGS 

■ PrttMntation: graphics (qualrty. rele- 
vance, aimosptiere conveyed ), packaging. 
plu£ things liite: itoes Ihie adventure have a 
wtKjppirig graphics window so there's onHy 
room lor one line 0I lexf? 

■ Interaction: encoonleirs wittn other char- 
aclers and the parser quality 
Atmosphere L quality of the storyline, Does it 
make you leef invofved'? 

■ System: puzzle quanty. How the whote 
giame hangs together. Does the game con- 
sisi o! hours of boredom wilh a tew rninutes 
0I excitement? Bug- ridden? Spelling mis- 
takes^ 

V Overall: taking all the above imto 



account, plus the price 
RPG RATINGS 

■ Attributes: character oompleKilies 
GhOKie of diHerenl races? Arnouni of sktte 
avaiEahie. 

■ Pre«enbitlon; graphics, interest ot giame 
worfd. orgartisalion of onscreen in^oiTTta- 
tion 

■ rmef action: quainy of pafser, it any 
Depih of inieraction with char^^iefS 

■ Atrnosphere: involving storyline 

■ Engagement: combat system, magic 
system. 

■ Overall; taking all ttte above Into 
account, plus the price. 

STRATEGY RATINGS 

■ Presentation packaging, graphics, 
organisation of screen rnfo 

■ At: quality of artificial inieiligence. 
Atmosph^iQ Involved^ Good ttistofy ot 
scene setting information 

■ Efigafgement: quality of combat system. 

■ System: does ihe game have you on the 
edge ot youf seat' Bugsl 

■ Overslh taking a" the above into 
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TTie Greal Underground Empire is being 
evacuated, the intiabitanis are fleeing in 
terror and the Royal Family have all but 
been disposed ol. This is the resuti ol the 
dreaded curse issued by Megab&i the wiz- 
ard. 

Although The cur^ has been delated by 
the Rojfal magicians it cannot be removed 
Mo-one el$e has been abUe to banish the 
curse artd ciainii the reward offered by 
Wurb Flathead, the current occupant of the 
throne. You are the fast chance. Yet whai 
can a peasant from an obscure village, in 
3n outnat-lbe-vifay province, do to save the 
Empire before Curse Day arrives? Well, 
maybe the scrap of parchment that one of 
your ancestors found, t»elongirbg to 
Megalwi himself, could be of sorne use 

After aauaily playing the said ancestor 
dunrtg a t>riei prologue (good idea thai) 
duhno which you witness Megaboz cast 
the curse, the game fast foiwards to the 
day of the cunse. You awahe from the 
CasUe floor and iitimecdately notice that 
everyone has fled — everyone, that is, 
exoepi lt>e Court Jester This chap pops up 
when you least expect him, giving you 
dues and riddles to aid your progress but 
also slipping in a tew deadly trid^s to keep 
you on your toes. 

Although Adjvision have classified Zorif 



Zero as an Intocom Graphic', it's more of a 
text adventure with the occasional picture 
thrown in for good measure. The adventure 
is big. However, onscreen mapping is avail- 
able to ease your search of the area. As 
well as the usual puzzles, and the unusual 
riddfes provided by the Jester there are 
gra|}hical puzzEes which provide a touch of 
variety. The tei^t side of the game benefits 
from Infocom s improved parser adopted by 
Intooom's other recent adventures. The 
additior^al contents of Infocom adventures 
fiave always achieved a fasci nation for 
many devotees, in Zorfi Zero you are given 
the infan>ous scrap ol Megatwz's parch- 
ment, a Flathead Calendar for ^3 {which 
osHitalns one or two clues) ard a set of 
phase two blueprints for the Rockville 
Estates. 

Zofk Zefo is, frankly, superb. The adven- 
tufe is a py to play and. while being enter- 
tained with Steve Meretzkys unique 
humour and tiecoming lotally absorbed by 
the game's atmosphere, you will expen- 
ence a range of excellent puzzles which 
vary widely in difficulty I must say that I 
have been totally impressed by Infocom's 
feceni releases They have been going 
through some shaky times recently but they 
are rww loolting like the Infoooni of old. 




Atari ST, Amiga C9.95 

DUNGEON MAS- 
TER EDITOR sot.ex 

The DungeoT} Mbs^bt Editor is. basically, a 
cheat program for FTL's Dungeon Master 
Features include being able to create new 
doors and passages in walEs. remove 
secret doofs, open doors without a key and 
print out the plans in all dungeon levels, in 
addition to this is a stxid hints artd tips sec- 
lion. The whole pack arrrves in a re-seal- 
able plastic bag, complete with a single 
disk and a 20-pag@ manual, The difference 
between the ST and Amiga ve*^sicns is 
generally one ot screen presematron. The 
Aimioa having the better p^eseniation than 
the ST However, they both do ihe job. 

Right that's ttie facts, now the comrrtents. 
When t first heard about this program I was 
none to pleased. How anyone can cheat 
theif way through an excelleni game, such 
as Dui^geon Mastar, and then honestly say 
that they have finished fl is beyorKJl me. 
Why spend your cash to buy the game In 
the first place? By all rneans, consult hints 
and tips to guide your way around any diffi- 
cullies But chealir^g? What's the point' 
Anyone who acuially enjoys playing flPGs 
will noi bijy this program. Anybody else will 
probabty not buy Dur\geon Master in the 
firsi ptace. Unless they revel in some sod 
of egotistical delusion of ttefeaiing the 
compuier My advice'' Save your moiiey 
for the sequel. The overall mark's for the 
few hinis and lips. 
UTILITY Overall 15% 








Atari ST, Amiga £24,99 

DEJA VU II 

Mindscape/ICOM 

You're up to your neck in debt. Troubfe is, 
the debt collectors are the hulking great 
cronies of Tony Malone — mobster eKlraof- 
dlnaire. You ve got seven days lo find the 
cash. However, Malone s boys sire watch- 
ing your every step SO you don't get any 
kjeas of skipping town, 

DOfa Vu //comes with a 14 page manual 
and a reference card. The ST version 
comes on two disks while the Amiga 
an^ives on one. The difference between the 
two is that they both have a slightly differ- 




Deja Vu? MugaiHt by the orfglr^af on itt0 
streets &t the At^ri ST version 



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Aduentute/StratBgy/RPG 



your village Iroin th& evil pres' 
ice. 

firaptilca mm quite good wtth 
ritkrrw snlnwtion. So ft you sal 
tli« bar or the D09 & O09 aixl 
I nothing, life would revolve 
ittnaie?} around )fOV. ttem* 
— be pk:l(«d up ffom th« 
_ t whtte open doors actual- 
Open onscreen. EMteris4ve use 
Ihtrelore, made ol th« 
«»e. The ST ((ive di»Ka> and 
ilga (three dttks> veftJont ar ^ 
Y similar bul the Amiga h^s 
V better graphics and 
I. While Itw system to fkret^ 
good, (tie acluat adventure is 
ily so-io. The game apfiears 
f Ificrwsslngty ahaHow rhe longor 
you play it. Horror sol r havfr 
^t poteriejal. and Personal Nightmare 
a good development game. How«v«r, 
If MiH tunre to ifi^ove the garr^play 




ent scfeen presentation whila the Amiga 
has improved sound effects, Deja Vu U )s 
enjoyable but rather linear However, my 
ona big di&appoHntmer>t i& that 4 COM did 
not se* fit 10 impfov© their system. It can 
be extremely trust rating as there are so 
few comrriarKJs to choose from. 




An impatient train conductor wants your 
Chicago ticket fare in the unimproved Deja 
Vu II on lite Amiga 




PC £24.99 

STEEL THUNDER 

Accolade 

Steel Thunder oorrkss witti two disks, two 
keyboard overlays for both PC keyboards, 
a 4S-page manual arKt an anri- piracy code 
she«t, You take command of one of four 
armoured vehicles (Abrams, M60, M48 
Patton and the M3 Bradtay The lattef bein^ 
a welcome irvclusion), There are 24 day and 
night minions based in either West 




PC £29.99 

(also on C64 £24.99} 

THE ULTIMA 



TRILOGY 



Origin 



Germany, Cuba or Syria. Selecting your 
three crew is important as each man has 
his own skill gradii>gs whch directly aftect 
your performance. 

The screen i& nraostly filled with the partic- 
ular crew station's instrumentation. The 
view to the world outside is restricted to a 
small barnd along the top of the screen 
Graphics, while not staggering, do the job 
well While not a true simulation, Steei 
Thunder is still fun lo f^ay. The choice of 
vehicles and the variety in missions ensure 
lasting interest. 



Good ghel, this one bnngs back some 
memories. The ftrst oompuler RPG that I 
ever tackled was ifltifDa i, bach in the days 
wh«n people responded to computer RPGs 
with either a sneer or a vacant expression. 

Origin are giving you three lor the pftos 
of one here. UHima t. which is displayed In 
glorious EGA, and theCGAonly Ultima HI 
are familiar to many. However, il i^s the 
appeararKe Of VlliftiS U whic^ may interest 
roiepiayers Rymours abounded that 
Richard Garriot (Lord QritiiSh himself I was 
disappointed with the original Ultima II 
{which was d&veloped by Sierra On- Line, 
of all people} and thai he was going to re- 
design it for general release (I have only 
seen Sign's s Uitifm it on the ST). This ver 
sion may be Ihe re-signed version. 
However, if it iSn why is it In old-fashioned 
CGA'' 111 gel back lo you on this o<ie. when 
the fog clears. 

The pack comes on four disks, a tOO- 
page manual a qujckstad leaflet, a player s 
guide and three colotir maps. One tor each 
game. 

Beginners could not find a better inifo- 
ductior^ into tt»e world of computer RPGs. 
Even if you are an experienced RPG piay- 
er, and have missed any of these games — 
Ireat yourself to an interactive history les- 
son. It is worth it just to play Ultima it — \ 
know I will. Primitive tt>ey are but tfie 
Tritogy is nostalgia at its best 




FUTURE SHOCKS! 



I must say (tiat I have never been happy with SSI's 
Pool ol Radiance. Their first AO&D game appeared, 
to me, to be more akin to the basic D&D. Wany 
character dasses were unavailable (sudh as 
Paladin) ar>d many of the spells were missir>g (such 
as raise dead). However, I have been playing 
through the Beta Tesl version of the second in the 
ADSD series. Curse of tt)e Azure Bonds (CAB), srrl 
(t looks like these criticisms have been allayed ; 
extra character classes, 20 extra high-level speUs 
and a bunch of new monsters make CAB a very 
promising product. It is possible that I will have a full 
review ne!(t month. Slay tuned. 

Stayirig w»th SSI I have atso had a glimpse at 
their laie^ strategy game Storm Actoss Europe. 
SSI have taken a Colonial Conquest/ Risk-type pre- 
sentatksn to give the player a strategic wargame 
covering the whole second world war in Europe 
Each turn covers one season, beginning In Autiif,'i , 
t939 With a userlntedacs thai looks deddedly tor 
etgn 10 SSI — friervdiy. Storm Across Europe is 
another promising release ► 




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94 ■ CITADEL 

Electric Dreams lvav« done il 
eg^n. Last month Wicked 
r&caived a well deserved Top 
Score ac^olad«, now Martin 
Walker's latest game (his iasi 
waa Hunter's Mo&n) appears 
in ail its glory. So power up 
your Monitor refnole device 
and prepare to battle your way 
through a ci^ty lull of defence 
drones and gun emp^ace* 
ments. or atiemativeiy the not 
so brave can read the review. 




88 ■ DOMINATOR 

Pinner's prHJe and joy have been out of the limelight for a 
whJle, Dominator is System 3 a latest offering. Sot in the guts 
of a graedy alien creature the brave advenlurer must destroy it 
twfoire it noshes Eanh Fantastic voyaging la How intenstinal 
enzymes. 




1Q2HXYBOTS 

Major Rock Hardy and 
Captain Ace Gunr> afa the 
clean-cut hero types chosen 
to defend Earth's honour 
against the Xytnt overlords 
and their n^inions in this 
famous split'screan actioner 
from the eicados Join the 
battle of the century thanks to 
Tengen/Domerk. 

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Greedy guis eats something thai disagrees with him 

DOMINATOR 



J¥^ 



System 3 



rl amed lor Ihwr highljf successful ori- 
' enial beat-em up ganies (narrwly 
fnterrtshonai Karaie. SK* and Last 
Nm}3S i and //). Pinner's |jride and 
joy now tell a terrible laie ot orfible 
planet' munching monsters and very expen- 
sive spaceships which will probably be 
pranged into passing asteroids by the Fool- 
ish playor. 

You re the brave vxalunteer chosen to bat- 
tle a vast alien wtw — probably through no 
fault ol his own. it was the way \\& was 
brtjught up — devours ptanets lo keep up 
h^ strenglh {a btl like the Galacius charac- 
ter in Marvel comicsji- But there's a sinister 
purpose 10 this planet noshing, Mr Alien 
wants to become the rT>ost powerful being 
in the universe. 

Now Earth is in danger of being gt)bbled 
up, so iea^iri^ into your spacecraft you 
twad into batile Dominatof consists of four 
levels, with each path leading to an 
anatomical part of the beast to be 
destroyed, Bui don t think it's that easy, the 
galactic gourrr^et ain't too dhufted to have 
his culinary plans dis1urt>ed by a meddler 
li+(e you, so as you zoom through ih© diWer 
eni guggy bits of organic matter various 
horrors attadt without mercy 

In se<^on one you're battling your way 





you to continue. tt$ here that the 
Comtmodore 64 and Amiga versions 
diverge slightly (due lo the fact thai itray 
were programmed by diHerent learns). On 
the C64 Level Two boasts a mid-tevei frog 
who spits ma^ots. and a vast honeycomb 
area tilled with vidous bees and t>orne!s. 
with the Una) obstade being a large yellow 
nodule. The Amiga's Level Two has mushy 
laces, large slinging tentacles and a huge 




£9 99 
cass, 
£14.99 disk 

The UBualty blocky C64 graphics are 
surprisingly well defined here. We also 
lound that the C64 game waa lilghtly 
more playable than the Amiga vefs^on. 
but whichever format you own 
Dominalor li welt worth the asking i 
pric*. 

siudga, victory is almost at harvd because 
the fourth arxj final level has been reached, 

This IS the Amiga s metallic' level, with a 
myriad of metal monsters preventing you 
from reaching ttte Nnai challer>ge — a 
gigantic toad Similar problems are faced 
on ihe C64. with particularty vidous atwns 
tir^cluding furry aeatures resembling 
TnbWesj trying to siamp your card on the 
way to disintegrate the bram residing al 
[heertd of a long and harrowing foumey. 

On both madimes playabilrfy is high — at 
first trustratingiy so — but once the alien 
attack patterns have been teamed {rest 
assured this will lake a lair few games) the 
joystick is difticuU to put down Ship control 



The Commodore 6J snd Amiga versions differ from each oih4v in game' structure. Herm. 
CHI the Amtga, an intenstmai tritct rivals honeycombs full of ar^fy *ntS vicious Iwes. 



Up a vertk^lly scrd4ing screen KanKed by 
the creatures ribs, and from all angles nasty 
aliens bombard you. Bonuses are present 
{you need them) in the Form of extra points, 
limited Invincibility, smart bombs ar>d extra 
lives. Extra weapons are handy, too, and 
rear mounted cannon, autofire and a pulse 
cannon {among others) can be picked up to 
make mincemeat out ot the icky hordes. 

Al the errd of level one lies the creature's 
heart, and th^s must be destroyed to enable 



be& as its obstacles 

Level Three on the C64 is the 'metallk:' 
level. Here, large gun turrets, tortuous 
mazes guarded by mobile guns ar>d Ihe 
occaskjnal asteroid siorm try destroying ihe 
battered ship as it attacks the end-of-level 
generator. On the Amiga a toothy problem 
faces you, Apad from the obligatory aliens 
there's a row of teeth perfectly capable of 
giving a dentisi cardiac arrest. Bui once Ihe 
end-of-level brain Is reduced to a messy 




Prosentatiort Is damn near faultless, 
wUh graphics that are disgusting ly 
reallatic backed by great sounct 
effects. We ve seen It all before, but 
rarely so well Implemented. 



OTHER FORMATS 

Available on most popular tomnats, 
Dominalor should be available by the , . 
time you read 1hls> i 



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IS ffisportEive, scrolling is smooth and ihe 
en«my am vicbiis swine wlio fling out the 
builets mercilessly. Buy DofninatOf toda/. 
Math Caie needs ihe mon^y to keep his 
saa>nd Farrari on the road. 



A giant frog acts as an snd-ot'ievel mon- 
ster somewhere in the depths ot a plsnet- 
^0ting 0tiBn. Only y^u snd th^ DaminatOf 
can save Earth from a feast worse than 
death 




No, it Still isn't safe... 

JAWS 

Screen 7 

■ hough released way bBdk m 1975, 
Jaws still stands as one of 
Spwlbergs rrtosl popular and suc- 
cessful movies, a great translation 
of Peter BenchSey's original novel. It 
Sve its name lo an early Spctmm ganw in 
( days before otiical Icences were 
thOMQM of. but Ihis one ts based on ttve 
film's plot, You're Brodie, chief ol police in 
the tounst town ol Amity, played by Roy 
ScHeider tn The film. 

Aboard the ttawler Orca, with its ownef. 
Quint and Hooper, an ooeanograptw: 
expert, status panels above and below ttie 
Orca graphic (Xinirol much ol the pames 
act«n. Tfwjugh the mam objdctrve is to kill 
Jaws. Brodie has 1o keep his job by keep 
ing the deaitt toll dkswn arxj as many beach 
e$ Open as possible To this end, tf>ere's a 
map, tennperature.^ weather gauge, 
'Maytxrofneter', artd swimmer death «)unt. 
Tfwse are given lo keep track of Jawss 
actions as weattior chanfjes: usirig a map 
screen, beaches are opened and ctosed at 
wtH and the Mayor's reaction to deaths and 
ensures measured on Ihe Mayorometer — 
if it reaches the top Brodie s sacked. 

Other than Quint and Hooper, Qrodie 
also has the help ot three divers The spe- 
cial weapon required to kill Jaws has been 
spirt into four pieces and lost amid a reef 
One-by-one, the divers — aboard sub 
merstoie cratt — e^iplore the flidtw^een 
ufKJersea mazes, in search ol the weapor< 
parts and arrwno. Nasty aquatic creatures 
are destroyed with a gun, flashir^g ones 
mVh mega- bullets, some leaving behind 
pieces of equipment (see bon), 



Ultimately, with the special weapon 
assembled, Brodie. Ouint or Hooper laces 
Jaws, with four me§a bullets and 80 sec- 
onds in which lo kill tf>e monster. 

Screen 7 have ctx>sen a big name for 
tfieir first release, but ttie flesh-eaiing name 
is virtually all there is to H. Much of the 
gan>e consists of exptorir>g a maze, shoot- 
ing enemies ar>d locking out for specisi 
items to colled — an aged format, and 
though Jaws is a passabte game of the 
type. If hasn't been done partkiuiarfy well. 
The strategy' ot ck3Sir>g.''opening beact^es is 
little more than a titler to make it seem more 
substantial — keefwng an eye on the dis- 
plays he^ break up Itie shoot- em - 
upmaze action but it's limited, dull and — 
excuse the pun — lacks bue. 
WL 




£14 99 disk 

Though maze lloora and walls are's 
iyeliow/green cyan patchwork, there's a 
nice spread of colour amongst the 
undervrater crealif-- "^^ey're com- 
pactly drawn, wel -d, and mill 
oboui busily. Cieaoiy programmed, 
Spedrum Jaws (pIcluriKl right) Isn't at 
all bad but the machine's had more 



Jaw3 mfSses the mark on thB Alan ST 




A nice Intro sequence — In • 
itie Screen 7 logo sfMne as the famous 
pace-gathering Jawe music builds up, 
and a swimmer is swallowed in a 
bloody 9ulp — leads lo B|>rite and bock- 
ground graphics which are badly 
drawn: undetailed, lacking in cotour. 
with simple animation and overall cru- 
dity of design. Sour>d mokes no attempt 
St getting something oul of the ST. 







iffM 



£9 93 
£14.99 disk 

The CommOKiurr- utissHfa wuf 

status and map screens, leaving )ust 
tlie maze shool-'em-up. apparently 
due to memory re<^Tricisnns — strange 
%% there's nolhinf; '<cated atiout 

dte game. Title rtiu^c warbles Irriial: 
^Hly and sound effects are bleep s and 

OTHER FOftMATS 

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A load of monkeyshine 



SONSON II 



Hudson Soft 

Che eitact intricacies of the plo! are 
unknown io US {wb really musi gel 
around ID learning Japanese some- 
time), bill Sanson tf follows ih© 
usual orienlal scroJJing ptatlorm 
gaiTiepian in ihat the beros tfiends have 
been caplured by a con'upt magical beast 
and must be feturnBd to saloty. There's a 
difference, ^nh ihe iyp»cal sickeningly ouie 
good Quys here though: they're based on 
the wild, wacky and hon'endousiy dubbed 
characters of the television series, Monk&y 
(bmadcasi a few years bad<. on BBC2}. 

Yup. you get to play at being Monliey 
himsetf, the overly-yellow guy with a 
pfediiection lof tlymg aroLir>d on a nice 
ca/np ptnk doiid ^nd beating people about 
Ihe head with his size-changing stick. 

His weapon plays an trnportani part in ttie 
garne (rvo commenl) — jabbing il forward 
irtto Ttie stomachs of the minions sends 
them raptdly away. The stidt atso smashes 
pols tt»t. like ttw bad guys, raveaj fruit and 
veg oollectsd lor various point values 

Al intervals thfotigh the levels shops are 
found where a woman kindly s*aps Zenny 
— money gained along wrtfi points — for 
helptuE items such as extra lite and magic 
afwrgy The laTtef is needed for the tamed 
Monkey Magic which powers his fying 
doud As progress is made through the lev- 
els, Monkeys friends are rescued and 
numerous bad guys, ir>cluding ever- 
st/onger and more resHient end-of -level 
creatures, are beaten to a pulp till V^e mys- 
terious ultimate enemy is faced 

Gaining sofr» inspiration Irom Super 
Mano Brvs — hitting the pots to gain tnirt )S 
a martiai als s^ni on the bnck head 
buttu^ of "Mario — Son^on /' has its deve; 
hidden bonus^ features and devious ptai- 
form layouts Shops, magic, many col- 
lectable items and tough adversaries to 
bsad up at) help expand a very used game 
siCj/te in the consoles market, but can't dis 
gi^ the riin, jump and collect that makes 




ROM 

card 
£24.99 

As befitling the game design, Sonson U 
Is highly colourful, wtth bright. bo?d 
backgrounds and cartoork-like S'prites. 
They m^y be too aweet and cuddly for 
some pecp^. but you must admire the 
deiAil packed into the (generaliy) small 
characters. Animation is quite simplis- 
tic but. apart the occasional mild jerki- 
n«3»judderli^g (unnottceabte while 
involved in a game}, the multidirection 
&crol(ing Is smooth. Obvious Jingly 
sound effects and happy kiddy music 
suit the game, though not necessarily 
the ears. 



up the majority of the gameptay. 

Sonson it is one ot the more playable 
works of ttie Maria/Shinobi school of game 
design, with ihe added bonus' ol cutesy 
caricatures of Ihe silly ovef-thetop Monkey 
characters so people lucky enough 
(what?!) to have seen the programme are 
likely to get more involved in the game. Ex- 
perienced gamers may soon yawn at 




Sonson's cliches but most will find it a fun 
and highly enjoyabie Japanese romp, 
WL 

MtHikty'9 magic? Waif wa woatdn 't nty 
th»0Bme's that good, but Ha c^riainly tun 
gnaquite addictive 




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Forward to the past 




Electric Dreams 



he ominoLis deserted cities of 
Wartin Walkers latest c/eation have 
been on the drawirtg board for 
many months now. a fact known 
only too we^ll by readers of hfs pfo- 
grammer's diary in our sister Fnaga^ine, 
ZZAP!, Now. though, alt's well, arid the 
du?t-cover$ have been pulfed off it>e play- 
er's remote vehicle — MONITOR. 

A smaJI, riKidesi and apparently dead 
planot. so insignificant that it hadn't even 




b&en named, has been discovered to be 
more than anyone bar^ned tor. t4em 
Atenapool, faint signals from the planet 
were pwiCKed up by chance and subse- 
que^itly investigated by a remote prot*. 
The probe never returned- However, it sur- 
vived long enough to beam back pictures of 
the entrance to a silent city and the earlier 
chambers of tfie vast underground com- 
plex. Ancient, almost prehjstorical, but 
technically in line witti ttie day and still 




humming with energy. Still alive. 

The togicaj assumption made by the 
Council elite (hal 1^« cily complex had elimi- 
nated I he probe led ihervi io forbid any 
hunian(-old) to approach ii. But the untold 
secrets of the city aroused their curiosity, 
especially what vastly aged yet advanced 
devices could be held ai it>e botiorn oi the 
arcane complex. 

Yog will be the on« who discovers tfw 
truth. Ffom your distant and cosy control 
centre, you view Monitor, a Hoverdrone 
Mark IV remoie device This floating vehi- 
cle can move in the four main compass 
directions and has a bu^-in multi dprection 
canrxjn and capture probe — and ol 
course all its functions can be utilised with 
a joystick thousands of miles away and 
vieWed on a vid screen via a search probe 
above Monitor, 

Ai ttie entrar>oe to the fir^t dty. Alien, it>e 
aifft (sanre fOr all eight citi€isj is simply to 
firtd the exit. This, in itseH, is not too diffi- 
cult; despite the dlies each having two lev 
els — linked by lifts — they're fairfy simpie 
mazes. They're also mazes packed with 
traps, set off by r>earby moving objects — 
Hoverdrones. fm example. 

SorT>e traps are jusi gun emplacements 
Arhich fire vertically and honzgntally or 
diiagortally. but others are generators fof 
various mobiles These have different char 
actenstics in speed firing and movement: 
watchers mdl around Monior bul don't 
atiack, aggressors move in fast and dose 
beiore finng, cyions move slowly but take a 
lot of beaiing, arXJ so on. 

Its not al! for the bad. though. Launching 
your capture probe and targetlirtg n on a 
mobile allows you to take it over, providing 
you have enough energy. Tfte energy 
required h shown on a mmi-so'een In the 
centre of Monitor (next to the letter C) and 
that amount is deducted from your supply 
shoukj you deode to capture the mobile If 
so, It follows your movements arvd fires like 
a drone,' multipte. till its energy is e)tper>ded. 
The mobiie can be iod*ed into a particutar 
position relative to Monitor with the space 
bar (useful for certain assault tactics). 
Some traps are reaily quite frierK^y — see 



Monster pinball for masochists 

ALIEN CRUSH 



Hudson Soft 



Domputensed (oonsote-ised?} pinbaii 
has never really caught on. with just 
a few games of that ilk released 
over tfie years — its quite a coinci- 
denoe tfiat the long-overdue conver- 
sion of Sega's Vm^ Scanner synrhesised 
pinball was reviewed last Issue {updated in 
this} 

In an oldie of the pixelised flippers, 
Siamb^tt (rereteased on Americana a few 
years baci<), the ball was a Smiley charac- 
ter trapped inside a monsters stomach, 
which jusi happened to be formed like a 
pinball tabie Alien Cnish is 0l Ihe same 
nature in it^at the table is of organic compo- 
sition and features monsters ol various 
descriptions affecting the life of the ball, 
A squid'like creature projects Ihe ball up 



into the arena and from then on the player 
has two sets of flippers to keep the ball in 
play on the two-flick screen table. 
Art>ongst the usual bumpers and targets, 
giving points and score muflipliers, those 
adjacent to the lower flippers are eggs 
which hatch scampering spidery- legged 
amphibians (much tike Aliens' Face 
Muggers); luckily, they don't eat fhe ball 

However! Tfiere are a number of hungry 
mouths af eitt>ef aide of the arena. Some 
jusI chew the ball thoughtlully before spit- 
ting it oui- Others lead lo a bonus screen 
where different types oi monsters — skulls, 
snakes. Obese frogs — are killed with the 
ball. Ttie longer you keep the tiall in ptay, 
ttw nxire bad guys get hit by the ball and 
the rrxjre bonus points are scored. 



Aden Crush adds lo the genre wiiti ris 
bonus screens and. most importantly, is 
unustial and ongirtal graphic design Expect 
ihe unexpected: its obvious wt>en tf^e 
aneirnne will sieze the sphere but Ifie split- 
ting of the brain and hatching of the 
amphibians is an unpredictable and surpris- 
ing event. 

Alien Crush is dutMoua value foi rT>oney 
{aitf>cugh you can ihop around a little for 
Engine cards) as there's no real variation in 




94 TGMTXOa 1:8-89 






.99 disk 

II shed altraet se<;uence. show- 
ires and elefnents of the game 
ck«d by a dramatic Waliter 

Ke. are a taster for lh« highly pro- 
ionat and detailed graphics. Silky- 
oth mul1!-direcUon scrolling of a 
' »ly of cities, ail drawn with a con- 
s^ng metallic shee«> that |Hits bas- 
. ,. gf In It* place. Colour is brlHi 
'uiied on spfttos so that » 

^graphic area Ihey <•.- j,o 
J^c and robotic looking. Monitor 
HKaa nice littte touches, like the 
the appropriate thruster ports flap 
fit moves and Itta hatches which 
over thf ■"""' -Yitni-screen when 
not In use. ; s backed by a 

aaiacUon of great sound effects 
Inehiding some vefy atmospheric ctiy 
sound* in the t>ackgrourKl. A must tor 
i owners. 



Martin 

WalkBr'$ high' 
iy professionml 
graphics are 
9#f off by fUky 
smooth 
scroiiing in a 
shoot-'em-up 
requiring 
rather rn0(^ ot 
the player than 
the average 




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Not every trap Is an dggrossh 
rottor some can be quite help- 
ful, though only for a limited 
period: 
(F> Extra firepower gives rapid, 

2-way, 3-way or burst tire. 
(E)An energy pod recharges 

your supply 
(S) A switch opens <or closes 

depending on its state) a 
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The trietMHy bail, hesitant to siip tief*e*n 
your f tippers, means that it tvcii is with 
you Alien Cruffh can become a bit Msy 



gameplay (the bonus rounds help bt. 
rapidly liscome an integrated pui<1 <yi the 
game) and pirtball 'tt a simple game any- 
way. With only one tabte layout, it soon 
beoomes familiar and tt>en a little boring, 
but its certainly fun arxj worth playing. 
WL 



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card 
£24.99 

Estxos should be posllively green with 
envy. The graphic daslign Is so classi- 
cally alleit tfiat It iHits Captain Blood, 
Purpis Saturn Day et a I to shame. 
Various types of monster are drawn 
with ciever shading and brilliant use 
Of colour. The best graphics are I he 
eyes in the middle of Ihe tabie whlc^ 
Hick open menacingly when hit. The 
ball moves well though its often 
strangely reluctant to fall down the 
escape chute); it's just a shame that 
the gaitte is flick-screen rather than a 
•cf oiling creature table. Most music 
competent but forgettable Japanese 
ditty, but there are arcade quality spot 
effects and one of the bonus screen 
.|tines is briliiantty melancholy, with a 
ly echoing lead sound. 



the panel 

We revjewers hare at NewstMd axpeci- 
ad C/tadef to be yer average {though not 
sverdayj fast shoot- sm -up. but we've been 
very pleasantly surpnsed Its aclually a 
shoot-'emup wh»ch requires thoi>ght. intei 
ligence artd plannir>g The tatter quality is 
possible due to the norx^ajant traps wh^ch 
generally only fire or move whan you rnove 
or fire yourseH; (Is bes\ to move only one or 
two squares al a time tt's even mere Itke a 
board ganw when you consider, die&s like, 
the Firing and moving patterns of traps. 

A captured rnobiie is a k>i more than a 
simple multiple. As well a^ foilowing 
Monitor around, it can be used as an out- 
board direciabie gun, a battering ram, a 
shj«ihj, and with use of ths k>cked position 
fadliiy. a tacttcal assassin 

Unlike the vast majority o1 shoot-em- 
ups, CitadBl isn'\ a game you can gel 
straight into — irear it like a mindlasa 
blaster and game over witt com« much 
sooner than expected M takes a good whil« 
to get to know its ins and ouis and for !t>e 
first hour or so of play you II find it lough 
going. Patience reaps its own reward, 
though, ar>d il's playab^lity comes sfUning 
through. 

The ditfculty level's set }ust rigtn so you 
get a little furlhef each game, ensurmg you 
become well ar>d truly hooked ar>d don t 
rest until youVe completed the OlBdBl 
comptex. Even ttien. there's plenty ol game 
left there s an opton which sets the tfap 
layout at rarKk>m SiO the cities never repeat 
themselves. 

For once. CHadei is a shoot -em-up 
whidi breaks new ground, adding puzzles 
and strategy to blasting in an addictive 
package. A dassic combination of styles, 
CHad&iiS a game you shouldn t miss 
WL 



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■- tor both 8- and 1&-bils — butj 
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And not a drop to drink... 

AFRICAN b 



Tomahawit 



JH^ he 1/24tti scai'O remote control rac- 
^r ing cars that speed around the park 

■ scaring the wits out of Irttle old 
I ladies and sending dogs into a mad 

■ frenzy were tfanslated into pixels in 
Rare's BC Pro- Am for ttie Nintendo — the 
first ever TGM Star Player (TGM014). Now 
French -originated Tomahawk have decided 
to put you ar the controls of the reaJ thing 
and race against the type of trucks and 
tHigg^es that the models are based upon, 

r^thing so conventional as the Paris- 
Dakar rally, the five-slage rout« \ak9s you 
from Tunis to Dakar, taking in such African 
Sights as in Salah and Ouagadougou (well, 
lois of sand and dust and some more sand, 
actually, ttien thefe's itm odd grain or two of 
sarvd. but you can t have everything). 

Viewpng the player s buggy from behirxt, 
barreis rrtark oyt the course \n the sand 
Notmal racing control convenuon applies 
except il^t the buggy has a reverse gear. 
The status panel irxlicalfls gear, two- or 
four-wheel drive, speed, distance coveted 
and fuel remaining, 

While the obvious thjf>g to do is to follow 
the marked course, rt's possible to drive off 
the sand track and take a short cut across 
the. sand (thought that d surprise you) To 
this end. there's a compass (an electronic 
one, no less) and a mini screen, which 
gives ^e current and last grid square num^ 
t5ers visited, allowing a course to be faJ- 
lowad on tt^e map indudsd in the package 
ir>g, Tf>e mini-screen can also gfve the time 
arxJ position ot competitors. 

ShoukJ fuel run out, Itie player get k>st, 
get trapped in quicksand, ruin the geart>ox, 
get sand in tt>e engine, or wtvatever. a res- 
cue helcopter can be summoned — but 
that's the end ot ttte race. 

Which is Ithely to be something of a relief 
Following the track is a chore and going off 
it, by accident or design, results in long 




£19.99 



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Thti helicopter sample ts badly edited, 
so there's a clicking sound where it's 
looped, and screen update is a little 
jerkier than the Amiga« but otherwise 
its virtually identical to the 16-bit 
Commodore. That includes the barrels 
which, when hit fly high up into the air 
never to be seen again and the bag of 
wfmnimm' sample when the buggy't 
asfit afitnriJf>g« 

minutes of rolftng along an empty plain, wth 
an occasional sandy hiltock and sonrvetimes 
an opponent trufKiiing along just ahead. 
The manual suggests ft^t a frierid shcxjki 
keep an eye on th« map arxJ the headlmg, 
acting as a navigator, but kmwing where 

Sand, sand, sand — evmi wiren it's blue 
and white on the PC (below) — is mostly 
what ytiiJ i^^ when raiding Atrics 





The obvious thing !a to follow the course 
marked by barrels, but if you de deviate, 
thwtf's ptmity ot sand to see — ST sctvtn 



you're going doesn't Kwlp the dich«d rac- 
ing. 

If you've a sand fetish by all mear^ take 
a k>ok. but others are most likely to find ri 
mikty more interesting than counting grains 
of the stuff. 
WL 



£19.99 



The Intro sequence of a hetlcopler 
hovering over a hastily serviced buggy 
ts perhaps the best pari, although the 
game staris from there whether or not 
you've touched the controls. The 
sprites are neat as are the occasional 
'roadside teal urea, but sand thrown 
up by vehicles' tyres is a bit over the 
top — some appear from the distance 
from within a huge dusl cloud. Vou 
can guess what the b»ckgrour>d 
graphics are like. Yup» sand. But still. 
There's some nicely ahaded hllfs and 
iunea In ihe distance. The engine 
sound groans Irritatlngly and lurning 
response Is sluggish. 



£19.99 



CGA is used badly. The grourui la 
white wllh dark blue pinstripes, hills 
are pink and blue.-- cotour is generally 
used in an ugly way and definition Is 
thick and lacking in detail. Screen 
update, particularly when turning Is 
lerky, though speed In Itself Is line. 




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A tabby tail to tell 



GARFIELD 

WINTER'S TAIL 



The Edge 

OrtcQ again ifs timd agaifi lo hide 
your food, dog and tedd;^ bear in a 
safe piiace because has back. 
GafHeki — Winter's Tait starts wHfi 
our Feline hefo catdiing a few zzz's 
aher a fiard day tidyir>g out Jon's refrigera- 
tor (with fDOSt ot th« contents linding iheir 
wa^ mto his stomach)), snd he's dreaming 
of Five exaring game levels: skiing, a 
lasagna factory, a chocolate factory ar^ the 
lake Four levesl can be visited tn any 



aim is to re-route the chocolate (using junc- 
tkms in tile p^pes) to Ihe cfiidtens. Thts 
causes thaiti to lay dioccy dggs, Onc« 
they're all at it. he can tace ckwn ifie chck- 
efi that eats them all. 

But the leathered felon has fkiwn tfie 
coop so Garfield chases him across a 
frozen lake and into the Swiss Village,., arvj 
on it goes. 

QarfiBW — The Big Fat Hairy Deaf was 
too strategy orientated. Gsrtiefd — 




order, the *iftti onty aftef c^mpleiing the 
other four. 

in skitng Garfteld dreamlngly visits the 
Alps and participates In the death defying 
sport of hurlJing down a heart -stopping 
sfope avoiding the many obstacles in his 
path. Contact with the objects littering his 
path gradually walte our tiero up. Thts can 
be avoided tjy eating food offered by the 
occasional spectator, but watch out for 
Gadiekj's oldesl enemy, Odte the dog 
jTipps down the slope on wtiat looks like a 
(^usitHn ltd He attentpts to nab the food 
before you. 

If ifve firval obstacle is successluiiy 
jumped Garfiekl firtds hintself crashing 
through the roof of a lasagne factory. The 
idea's simply lo eat as much lasagne as 
possible by rapidly waggiirtg ttre joystick 
back and forth till Oldie informs you its 
dessert time (ie time lor the next screen). 

The Chocolate Factory is where Garfield 
starts hjs search for the chicken thai eats 
ttra chocolate eggs. In the many corridors 
that make up the Chocolate Factory 
Gadiekj comes across r^ p^p^s. carrying 
liquid chocolate to several mechanical 
chickens scattered around the maze. The 



Wmter's Tail is mudi more aciion packed, 
V¥i'th ttie fat hairy one partici paling (probabfy 
for the ftfst time in his life) tn some strenu- 
ous exercise... mind you this is just a 
dream. With four subgames in one package 
GarfiBid — Wmter's Tail provides a fairly 
stiH challenge- 
MC 



£19.99 



ATARI %T 

80% 



Th0 graphfcs are cule and cuddly and 
Garfield is his usual canine-punting, 
lasagne-gobbling self. Its attractions 
are more aimed at a younger audience. 
bul it probably remains a game tor 
anyone. 



OTHER FORMATS 

Expect an Amiga version to be avail- 
able by the time you read this, &-Bit 
owners should see Garfield on their 
computers soon. 



AMIGA aftMSTRAOCPC 
Time Scanner 

ACTtVlSlON 1&-bi1 £24. is 
a^iit 1:9.95 csas. Ell J5 dl«l( 
Alaf. ST 70% — 1GM020 

Taken fron^ the Sega arcade game, the 
Amiga version boasts very pretty graptv 
ics and some impressive tunes. And n 
also features the same wikjiy anarchte 
ball which seems at times to have a 
mirfcd of its Own. Tht© Amsfrad game 
obviousiy lacks the graphical capabitt- 
tiefi ol the 1€-bit gart^e. but is rather 




rdespite this. Overall if you are 
after a pinball game take a look, but the 
genera! Machine feeling is that Alien 
Crush on the PC Engine provides a 

stifler challenge. 

hivchlfw update: Amiga ^6*^ 
AmstradCPC e4<^i» 

CQMMODOBE e/im 

Rock star Ate My 
Hamster 

CODE MASTERS £9.99 CM* 

£1 2.99 disk 

5p«clfurn 74% — TQMC^l 7 

With 50,000 quid in the bank, Cecil and 
Clive have just one year to make them- 
selves and their rock stars milllonairas 
Although the sound has t^een improved, 
the graphics are very similar to the 
Speccy version and ihe action' is rather 
stow and grows repelJlive quickly. 
Machirw Update GO<^ 

ATARI ST n AMtGA 

Navy Moves 

DtNAMIC Atari ST a 9.95. Amiga £24.95 

AmaV-iiB CPCt;-. TGM019 

On both formats the hero garns plenty 
ot chances lo practise both his com- 
mando and Jacques Cousteau tech- 
niques on a variety of enemy troops. 
Graphics are good, especially when he 
gets his hands on a (famethrower. 
Sound is also good, with a lively title 
tune ar>d apl sound effects, Navy 
Movffs is tough but worth the effort. 
Macltin* upd»t0i Amiga T<4-*^ 
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The henuty of sleeping 



SLEEPING GODS LIE 



Empire 

SJeeping 9«ajty m©e!s RPG and 
ToUtien In this Empire release, wrth 
ytxj as ths hero having to awa^n a 
slumbering prone {and hon^sO god, 
N'Gir This lantasy wofkJ of Tessflfa 
was Created thousands upon thousands of 
year^ ago by the old gods, but most of 
them got bored with it {well you krnw how it 
is: if you ve created one planet teeming with 
life you've created em aii). N'Gir ts the only 
remaining god (presumably bMiuse he 
w$$ a^eep when iha others tell) and so is 
the on*y being cat>abie o1 preventing a tfs- 
astrous future for Tessara 

Recent years have seen the nse of the 
archmage. ctiief wizard to the emperor. 
He's hardly a faithlul wiz, though, because 
he graduatly took over power fro^n ihe ever- 
wnnklirn amperar and rK>w holds him cap- 
ita wra» maintaining power with an army 
Ol Itesh eating deiTkons 

Other things in these limes aren't exactly 
going swimmingly, e<ilher recent harvests 
Kave gtvflfi low yields and the poor of Ihe 
world are being sirucl< down with a mysteri- 
ous illness. 

N Gka was expected to awaken but still 
lies in peacelul slumber, l-lowever. a dying 
follQwer of the gods, the Kobboid Old Way, 
4>ss tntrusted you with a device that ahoukJ 
fouse The Sieeper. Its noi a simple )0b. 
ffGira rests in an unknown location an a 
dtotani kingdom and only the old hermit can 
give you the clues you require. 

Beginning m your humble home {very 
humtjie — your household possessions are 
a chair and a bowli), Ihe quest is &pread 
across eight 3-D perspective kingdoms, afi 
of which are happily angular in shape. 
MlagiC barriers >ie Iseiween them so portais 
must be used for imerkingdom iransporta- 
lion, 

In true adventuring style< objects are 
found, used and exchanged, and many 
creatures encountered- These range from 




varkHJS humans to weird monsters, but ol 
course many of Ihem are inciined to hostili- 
ty, To this end, provided you have the 
ammunition or magic power, there are a 
rBng^ ol weapons at your disposal: from 
bare hands, through heavy crossbow, to the 
hefty (understaterT>ent) Ring ol Annihilation. 

Adventure'RPG meets Freescape here, 
bul as Sf&epsng Gods Lie mostly consists of 
open landscapes, rl's Isiss vieuaiiy impres- 
sive liian Incentive's 3-0 games. Steeping 
Gods Lie has ils own spectality: characters 
and objects are bit- mapped m 3D perspec- 
tive, giving different approach angies. 

in gameplay, combat can easily be fatal. 
To get anywhere i<n the game, a good set of 
armour, fast reactions and a healthy trigijjer 
fir>ger are needed, the latter two essential, 
initially, to combat (no pun intended ) the dif 




»old ptec«s. 




Adventure RPG meets Freescape, wilh bit- 
mapped 3-D graphics, tn Sleeping Gods 
Lie, providing some Intor^ting eharttctttrs 

ficulty level. 

Sleeping Gods Ob cornea into its own 
with the depth and overaK complex ily of the 
puziles and actions that are required to get 
anywfiere. CompleiJng a kingdom is task 
enough in itself, bul it wiil take many, many 
hours of piay (and tactical game saves) 
before N'Gnir has his cornflakes. 

Though most suited to RPGe^ (and 
adventurers}, the arcade elements of com 
bat and exploration open up the involving 
fantasy workj of Tessara to action freaks 
also. Would I lie to you? 



C24.95 



Though not perfect, the 3-D moven^nt 
of scenery Is good — amocth and 
swift — especially with the added ref- 
erence points within rooms. The char- 
acters you meet are often deforme<f 
(small legs, severely rounded shoul- 
ders) but olhera are neatly done and 
some are brllUant In the Imagirialjve' 
ness ol theif design. The storage and 
display ol character graphics results 
In Ihem being blocky when partlculsrty 
close (o the viewscreen, and they're 
also Indistinct at a distance. Sound is 
MOR, but the game's size makes up 
for lis aesthetic lautta. 







OTHER FORMATS 

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Domark's Btintl licence is revoked 



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F :■::;:. b;ii;. ■„jr-;-.^:,. ::.'o^3n the failed 
George Lazenby and eyebfow-twrtch- 
ir>g Roger Moore. to the fresh-faced 
Timothy Dalton. Bond <n the movies 
has, always been eJegant. intelligent. 
madTo. womanising and very Britt&h. This, 
despite the Scottish Connery, American 
Laienby and Irish Daflon. The computer 
game translations of the 007 films {A Viaw 
To A Kill. The Living Daylights and Live And 
Let Die) have t»een less consistent, In both 
design and execution, but nc3w Domark are 
set to change all that with Licence To KUt. 

Operating independently from Her 
Majesty s Secret Service, Bond has a score 
to settle with notorious big-tirDe drug smug- 
gler Sanchez — this time it's personal. 

In the first scene Bond is piloting a hdi- 
copter. aided by US Inend Felix Leiter. dodg- 
ing buildings and bullets to shoot oul the gun 
emplacements which protect Sanchez's 
home in Cray Cay. This is similar to stage 
one of Thun^f Blade, bui withoirt the multi- 
layer 3-D buildings. 

TlTen, pursuing the smi>ggleT on foot, gun- 
ttfting Bond runs, Comms/jcfo- style up iha 
screen, collectirtg ammo to replace that 
used on the Sanchez henchmen and land 
vehides, Picked op by Felix in tne ctipter. 
Bond dangles from a rope in an attempt to 
grab onto the tad ol Sanchez's light aircraft 
and climb aboard. 

f^T. rrupting a smuggling transactfon in 
ii-it^rib two. Bood has to escape from boats 
and divers Bond must swim under the sur- 
face to avoid the boats' tire — wtlh a knile 
as hts only \Areapon against divers. 
Cottecting dr\>g caches are a mild consola- 
tion tor his predicament. 

Once the drop seaplane arrives, 007 
hooks onto r| with a harpoon and waters^is 
barefoot behind it While making his way 
tQvirard the plane. Bond has to swing rrom 
side to Side to avoid the catamarans intent 



LICENCE TO KILL 



Domark 




Top two: bombing Cray C^y and Cessna 
hooking (ST). L^n: water skiing behind tha 
f>lan» (Amiga}, and, atove, the tanker 
tinato (Amigaf 

on hjs capture. 

A leap forward in tirrte for the third and 
flnait scfine: Bond has destroyed Sanchez's 
drug tactory but the smuggler has evaded 
him yet again, Sanchez has taken the lead 
ol a comvoy of 18-wheeler petrol tankers 
fitted with drugs Bond is at the back and 



£19.99 



The titte screen shows a great Del ton 
port rait, apparer>tiy tSigiU^ed, backed 
By a Interesting rendition of en aJler- 
natlve Bond theme, strangely using 
pan-pipes (or similar) as one of the 
main voices. Ttia graphics are very 
arcade-liike — Iota o< colour and detail 
— and scrolling is very smooth, over- 
ilaid with stylish, fasl-movlng sprites. A 
few appfopriate. but unoriginal, gun- 
fire and explosion samples (It's a 
shanw thvre's no vocal ones) nutch 
Um gamaptay nicely. 




must force them oft the road or U^l them 
out of the way Once all the tankers have 
been destroyed Bond comes up against the 
evil SarK^ez — ^kopefulJy for the last time. 

Determined to improve on the standard of 
their previous three Bond games,^ Oomarit 
hiave designed Licence To Kill on a grand 
scale, with the package consisting of six dif- 
ferent svb-gamss. Thoogh they're all firmly 
in the aciioaarcade mokj tfiey follow the fHm 
quite well, albeit wnh scenes simplified to 
shoot- em-up and dodge games, 

htone of the sub-games are partvcujairty 
good but they're all attractive and playabie in 
their own r^hl: and when corttbined form an 
action -packed f>tgh- value produci. Ucenc^ 
To Kitf is a tun and challengir\g cornputer 
transiaiion of a lively {as ever] Bond movie, 
and shouk) be snapped up by anyone who 
lik^ ^eir games fast and funous, 
WL 



£9 99 
cass, 




14.99 disk 




£19.99 



Barely dtlferent Irom the Amiga, 
grap}tllC8 are a little smaller an<l 
merglnally (ess colourful, end scrolliftg 
slows down for a momenl occasional- 
ly, though Ihls Is hardly perceptible 
within (he game, Sound effects and 
music are standard ST fare and jolly 
everything aiotig. A stirring game from 
Domarlc. 



With Its &-bit srsphics. the 
Cwninodore slllt has the prolessionat 
arcade almosphere, with colourful and 
well-drawn backgrounds and sprite*. 
The buildings of scene one, part two» 
being particularly good. The man 
^Sprites in this stage of the game are 
|reminiscent of those from Sensible 
Software's Parallax — compliment 
enough — and scrolling, as with every 
sceoe. is smooth, Spdtea move 
around quickly and neatly, effecia are 
loud and lively, and Licenoe To Kill 
proves itself (o be a great Bond game. 



OTHER FORMATS 

PC (£24 99). Spectrum end Amstrad 
{(XA prices} should also be out now. 



100 TGMTX02 1:8-89 



Hi -ho, hi -ho, it's off to work we go... 

HIGH STEEL 



Screen 7 



Quikl-'n'-dodge games hark bach 
from Ihe earfffif days of computer 
games, boi there's be-en so litHe 
ftiade of them in recent times that 
High Ste^t — which is one — 
appears quit© Iresh. Your pb of oonstruct- 
mg bui Wings, each of a repuifed number ot 
floors. IS made ditticult by sites infested wittn 
all manner of cuddly but dtsruptive mon- 
sters artd further still by a time limil 
imposed by the coritractcH; 

A friendly cran« lowers both girders afKf 
floor Bagments onto a pre-buin base. Tfte 
vefticai girders are picked up and locke(irH 
to place 041 a dear piece of base segment 
and then they can be dimbed to place a 
floor segment on lop followed by a segment 
to either stde. Al (east two girders arid five 
connected segmertts are needed to make 
lipatkxx. 

Small bouncy gremlins unloch segrrNsnts 
afkd stun you if ttiey land on you; ttiay also 
drop bricks and slippery banana skins. 



Mothers artd crawlers have different move- 
mem patterns, but both are fatal to the 
touch and killed by throwing spanners at 
them. Spitters grow out of girders and are 
fatat, but the acid glotJuEes they ^t aren't 
so dangerous, 

Energy lost to gren^lins. britcks. banana 
skins and globules can be restored by coi^ 
letting sandwiches and Thermos flasks. 

Thefes no mo'f to M (han pickir^ things 



Old-slyl9 ganw end graphics proves 

pinyjbfo on ttfc Amiga 



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The well drawn title screen (a con- 
struction worker looking distraught on 
a girder) is twcked by a basic mono- 
phonic ditty. Sonics Improve in the 
game itself, but graphics become quite 
simple. Though short on colour, (be 
sprites' style, complete with black out- 
Nr>e. makes them very carioon-like. 
Animation Is merely average, but the 
characters move in an amusing way 
titling to their jokey definition. 
Backgroijr>d8 ere either non-existent 
or crude outtines of buiidings and 
skyscrapers, sometimes with thickly 
drawn detair. SiK>t effects are a mix- 
ture of ftttjng samples, from loud, 
clumpy footsteps to tweeting birds as 
stars revolve around the buttder's 
head. 



up from one place and pi/Tling them down 
elsewhere, while avoidi^ nasties, but the 
simple fun can tie qurte al:>sorbing. 
Unfortunately Iheres always a pite of seg- 
ments at the Stan of a level, preventing a 
girder from being locked Itiere. and just as 
you shift a segment, more oHen than not 
the crane puts a new segmenl right back in 
Its place I 

Frustration may soon develop, from tfw 
Inendly bul capricious crane aS much as 
the monsters and time limit, so thai it com 
bats the jnvofving and playable etements of 
Itie game. Probably best avoided uniess 
the gamep4ay particuiarly appeals to you 
WL 



OTHER FORMATS 

Atari ST (Cld.9d), PC (t24.9d{ and €64 
(caes E9.99, disk Et4 99) by the end ol 
Juty. Spectrum and Amstrad {C64 
prices) to (oUow, 






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GREMttN GRAPHICS V:9.9i cass, 
El 4.99 disk 

Spwtmm 80% — TGW019. Amstrad C(=^ nrtt 
— TGMffiJO 

The graphk^^s are small and bkx^y. 
whilst the dilficuiiy level posed by 
enemy ships is painluily high Th© 'jump 
back a screen wt>en you die" which 
proved an annoyance on the Spectrum 
where it came into eMaa on the third 
level has tieen taken lo a ludicrous 
degree here where it starts on level 
one. With this and xenophobic aliens 
pumping biitiels into your craft your first 
few ^an^s are very short 
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Skyfox 



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ELECTRONIC ARTS £9.99 

Commdgre 64 e&% - rGM004, PC 77% — 
TQM0&9 

Just over a year after the 3-D aerial 
blasier (ammsd onto the C64, ST own- 
ers can battle the despicable 
Xenophoties at a (for the ST) budget 
price. There are plenty ol opportunities 
to slaughter ttie enemy in the ten m^ 
skins available. But pott\ap$^ too much 
time has slipped past, tot &adty Skyfox 
tt dKJn t thrill us a great deal — perhaps 
the game type is getting a little long in 
the tooth. At ten quid this may give 
Star R&it^^rs lans a happy few hours, 
but long term playab^lity is lacking, 



mm 

Colossus Chess 1 

CDS U4.»3 
ST%-^TQMCS0 

Nothing much to add to the ST review 
of last month, Since appear ar>ce arxJ 
playing are kiantical, swept to reapeat 
that CDS have provided probably the 
very best computer cfwss game of the 
moment, with a manual kind enough to 
take chess tyros through the early 
stages. 
Machin« update SSP^i^ 




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Rock 'artt robotics 



XYBOTS 

Tengen/Oomark 

Way back in TQM003 (February 
66. where Pfatoon was the top 
re^i^iawed game), our then'resi* 
dent arcade expert Robi.n mad 
scienl(^' Hogg @nthj$ed in nng- 
<ng Wessfi tones over ihis high tech maze 
game (is laheo a long lime in the conver- 
sion but now, lollowing anticipation, 
DomarK have come up ^ith the goods, 

It s hardly a dazzitng aixl in-depth ph>i, 
though an army of fobots and cytjorgs 
caJied tt>e Xybots have invaded a nearby 
moofi and constructed a vast, nvuttilevel 
base The heroes. Major Roc* Hardy and 
Captain Ace Gunn (trying to itve down 
itioir parents* herrencious taste in names), 
have volunteered to mtiJtraie the base and 
eliminate the Master Xybols, thus trans- 
forming the Xyt^ots into an unorgani&ed 
rabble and preventing system-wide iriva- 
sion 

Designed as a two-player game, a sin- 
gle person can select a chafacter and ptay 
on itieir own. The screen is spilt into tlire« 
main parts. The upper half gives the 
score, lives, bonus attributes arnd so on for 
both players, ptus a map of th« maze 
level. The lower half is divided vertically, 
tooth seciions independently showing a 3- 
D isometTK; view of the nrtaze-iike corridors 
from behind the appropriate player charac- 
ter. 

Rock and or Ace move (arvd slide 
strangely) around the maie and can shift 
their viewpoint through 90 degrees A 
standard blaster takes care of tt>e Xybots 
(some more easily than others] and a Um- 
Jted-energy Zapper can freeze ihem for a 
wtiile: damage taken from then^ is restored 
by collecting pods Keys open up previ- 




PLAYER 




ously inaccessible areas. 

In between levels, extra equJipmient is 
bought with coins p<K;keted from the corri- 
dor floors (the lift apparently doubling as 
an international armoury). Increased shot 
speed and power, laser cannons, guard 
monitor lor the map, e)ttra speed, stronger 
armour and increased Zapper energy can 
all be acquired if you have the necessary 
cash. 

At intervals tietween the ever more diffi- 
cult and complex mazes, a due] with a 
Master Zybot is a tough and unpleasant 
experience Not bealir>g around the bush. 
Domark have produced a highiy accurate 
conversion of a playable coin-op. The 
game is approximately a 3D Gauntlet {but 
adds^ the futuristic robot- blasting of oldie 



Tough men Maior Rock HArdy and 
CapTairt Ace Gunn h^we 9 flno 0(kl 
time, each In ttielr own screen on 
the 3T, above. Spectrum, below, 
and Amiga, right. The Amstrad 
screens look very similar to those 
on the SpActrMm w«r«lon 



Befzark). with the advantage in the two- 
player version that you can both do what- 
ever you like rather than the reslrrcftve fol- 
lowing ol one another — although team 
work can provide fun itsell 

The 3-0 environment adds tension amd 
realism to the rniii;e game rormai; 
Gauntlet was exciting but being able to 




£9.99 

cass, 
£14,99 disk 

Monochrome has been thoughttulty 
used to differentiate the player areas 
— Rock's In while and bfue, Ace's 
white and red They and the rot>ots 
move about neatly and the coin -op's 
section-by -section update means the 
conversion isrt't a strain for the 
Spectrum. The controls need getting 
used lo- and very average aound 
won't set the world on flre, but It's 9 
pretty nffty conversion a1 that. 



RED HEAT 



Ocean 



0rnie Schwarzeneggers ba<* as 
CaptaJn Ivan Danko, a top Hussian 
cop teamed with his American 
aqurvafeflt to track down Viktor 
RosiaviJi. a Soviet at ihe head of an 
intemaikinal doig ring. 

The Yartkee cxip doesn't take pan m ttiie 
game, it's just you oontrolting Amie 9^ his 
musctes through four tevels. Beginning in 1 
Russian sauna, his upper torso fie* 
ttifough scrolling screens, punching and 
headbutting cnmmals and dUK*ing their 
bbws. A gun ar>d ammo can be coHected 
but are best spared for the toughest thygs. 

The game progresses 10 a hospital, then 
a. hotel, and finally a goods yard wfvere 
Rostaviti is itxind. Each levef has a sub- 
game, from a nxH-crushirig wag^e in level 
one to a $l^ioot-out scene where gangsters 
appear une)(pectedly Irom t>ehtnd cbsad 

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doors. That, as they say, Ib all there \£ to Jl ... 

Red Heat is a simpJe beai-'em-up. 
Reading the instructions, the very real limi- 
tations n'lake themselves known: a tnem 
two offensive rnoves and one defensive 
severely limit control freedom In playing, 
it's a case of crawling along each level 
KO'ing villains with the same joystick move 
— not exactly designed lo mstil wiki excrie- 
ment. The sub-games ftd^ a little but only 
ts^ up a small amount of piaying time. 

It's a tough game; even picking up energy 
capsules, positioned at intervals through 
each level, two or three screen lengths are 
the limit for a beginner. Certainly, practice 




£8,99 
cass. 
£14.99 disk 

Monochrome has been taken a bit too 
far — black and white lor the whole 
screen — but there s plenty ot atten- 
tion to graphic detail, bar the odd plain 
wall or skyline. Arnie and the bad guys 
ore semf-caricatures of real people 
end are almost cartoon- like. 





S9& who and what was goiriQ to attack 
you, and when, provided no surprises. 
Though it's clich6d in coricept ar>d fairly 
Sifttpia m SKecuikin, Xybots generates a 



£19.99 



ArUAlST ^ 

85% 




In the arcades Xybots wasn't exactly 
amazing visualty; neittier's the ST con- 
vefsion. Walls have few coloLrrs and 
darkefi uti realistically as they recede, 
and the maie is updated section by 
section . The Ace and Rock sprites are 
very nicely done, though: nol over- 
whelmmg in colour but with an am us- 
ing matily swaggsf as they jog atong. 
The Xybols themselves aren't so 
endearing but are certainly ad&quale. 
Spot effects are warbles, bleeps and 
btasts and title music grumbles along 
Placability is what countSr though, and 
wtven the mlldy aiwlcward controls have 
been mastered, Xybots has bags of 
ihis. 



alkmrs greater progress through the game 
but rto tncentrve is giv&rt for the effort that 
requiffis. Only tseat-'am-op addicts need 
apply. 
WL 



A marginal Improvement over the ST 
graphically — more shades are used 
In the corridors and ttie look Is 
smoother overall. When few charac- 
ters are on the screen the Amiga Is 
noticflably faster than the Atari, but 
vrith a few Xybots on-screen it slows 
considerably, though thankfully not 
enough to spoil gameplay. Spot effects 
are sampled and add a loud, lively 
arcade atmosphere — particularty the 
vocoded Intruder alert!' 



good atmosphere and its gameplay ib 
addictive, it s a bit tricky (sometsmes trus- 
tiaiingSy soj but it's the sort of direct action 
which has you coming back again and 
again. Sven it you're no Gunn or Hardy, 
go and grab hold of this — before the 
XytMts grab you! 
WL 



£;9.9g 

cass. 



50% 



£9.99 
cass, 
£14.99 disk 

The graphics (plcluredh wflh a long 
cinematic strip, against which real Is* 
tic, muscular men move. limpreSs. and 
the restricted colour palette has been 
used well to shade the sprites. The 
very average backdrops scroll stowly 
by and It's infuriating to be sent back 
to the start when a life is {osl. 

OTHER FORMATS 

Alari ST (£19.^) and Amslrad (C&4 
prices) avaitabie as you read thts. 
Amiga (£24,99) to follow. 




99 disk 



Disappointingly similar to th«i 
Spectrum *n terms of colour restric- 
tion. Black corridors are patrolled by 
stngle-colour robots and explored by 
likewise plain Rock and Ace — it's a 
g.reat shame Mode 2 wasn't used. 
Though definition is good enough, the 
two adventurers hobble along the 
block-scroll corhdors as if deformed 
(or at least with blistered feet), Sound 
effects and title music are the usual 
CPC coifeclion of drones and l^eiches. 
but Us the control response that's thfs 
version s Achflles heel. Sometimes the 
hero turns when you don't want him to 
and at others he WON T turn when you 
DO want hfm to. Luckily, ptay ability 
si ill comes lf>rough. 



OTHER FORMATS ^ 

PC {£19.99) and Commodore &4 (cass 
£9.99, disk £12.99} were scheduled fof 
early JuJy release. 




mm 

MicroProse Soccer 

MICBOPROS6 £24.95 

■iitnrTioooTe aJi 99% — TGMO15. Sooclrum %. 
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Amiga game, trarling t>ehind the other 
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Maiohin« updal* 80^^ 

SPECTRUM 

Kenny Dalgltsh Soccer 
Manager 

COGNITO £7.95 casft, £14.95 disk 

Amiga 64% — TGMOT& 

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discovered that he can make more 
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Madder up and down a nicely mown 
pitch Kenny Oalgiish is the gsnt in 
question, and ilor the Spectrum) many 
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Tfw Amstrad version of SUkwotm is 
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iNuiu, ten, never sleep again. 

PHO 

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For a complete reversal Of the usual 
role of shoot 'efTT-up piot' characters. 
tti« Galactic Errtpieror in Phi^a i& a 
good guy. And fi^'s altowad hlmseli 
IQ be caplurfltd by someone wUh the 
ludicrous name of Phobos — so he musi 
be a bit dirri, too Natch, you re the one who 
must save tfie Emperor. 

He's being heW m the sun a1 Itie heart ol 
Phobos home system (a physical impossi 
b^ity but we didnl write llie plot), a. location 
far too hoi iof your humble one man ship. 
Parts of a protective st>ie]d are he4d on nir>e 
of the planets orbiting the sun. Collecting all 
of these prevents your ship from becoming 
a tump of molten metal arid plastic as soon 
as il gets within a few hundred thousand 
miles of the sun. 

Before the game gets underviray, a pianet 
10 be taci^led is seiecled from a networ)^ ol 
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ptwbias {now the reason behind the game 
titfa becomes clear), Spiders. snaKes, 
decapitation, dentists' chairs(iK all manriec 
of vife creatures; the stuff ttvat nightmares 
are nriade of. 

As well as your average laser canrxxi, 
blasted bad 9uys leave behind icons to b& 
cxMeaaA for the ubiquitous add on devices: 
h»ph-pQwer engines, bombs and ext^a 
lasers. The ^od news is there is also a 
drone ship. The bad news is that, unlike 
those in most st>oot -em-ups, it's as vulner 
abie as you are. 

Arid with Phcbia't difficulty lovei in mir>d. 
itiat's an ertremely unsafe sHuation to be 
in. It has to be said that it's a loughy {some 
lime's maldng Sartxton: The Spectrum 
fimtix kxA raitief tamalj. with many arxJ 
diverse enemy spfites swarming towart^ 
you while awitward scenery, often with arii 
mated elements, restricts your flight possi 
bWkM, 

WMft gamepiay has all been seen 
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Naturally. 16-bii pixels allow both 
greater detail and more colour to 
define the pHobla&. but unfortunately 
not enough has been mede q^ them to 
make the graphics es horrific as they 
CQutd be. Sc: rotting Is smooth, but 
rather than being in parailax the bach- 
ground pattern flows lowefd the cetitre 
of the screen, almost as If the ship Is 
moving away from the background. 
Phobta also allows hi-res mode to b« 
switched on so that the playing area Is 
compressed into a small area In the 
centre of the scfeen, a la Dragon s Lair. 
This makos playing flddfy but is good 
for showing off to non-Amiga owneral 
With adequate sound and dl^flculty a 
lltlts lower than the 64, Phobia ie a 
great blaster on bolti Commodore 
machines. 



tViitr Crowth6f'$ graphics worHdna bmttar 
on the CG4 (top) than the Artitga (ibov9 
^rni !eU}. Phobia 's a game m^te fft>m th0 
stuff ot nightmares 



veteran programmer Tony Crowrther when 
he decidad to base the games leveis on 
fears ar»d nightmares Phobias levels 
range from the bizarre to the sun'ealistic — 
you're not I lately to have seen a game Itke 
this before and ft's its wetni graphic desagn 
which heips keep you playing 

ExperienHijed shoot 'emup players will 
warm greatly to Phobia, a game wiwe your 
worst nightmares re^)pear as greai sprite- 
Wasting dreams. 
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Typicelty lor Crowther, graphics are 
bright and colourfgf: f>ere originaf eme- 
mies and upper lower background 
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mulfi iayer parallax scrolling. 

Definition Is on the blocky side in 
ptai::es but nothing's acluaify bad. Spot 
effects are unspectacular but mesh ^n 
well with the action, ar»d the syncopat- 
ed beat on the title pages Is sirangelv 
comfwlllng. 



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sUfi remembered their ncmefand and vowed 
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However, the 99 continents tttat make up 
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the SItarks haven't complieie^ lorgotten 
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You Stan the game on a platform far 
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Acceptable ST title Iraek, although too 
repetitive, with many In^ame effects- 
Graphics are very colourful, with 
smooth scrolting and animation. 




Attractive screen ttackgrounds 3nd tore- 
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4oesn't rsfy on violence tot effect 

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RAINBOW ARTS £9.99 casa, 
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You coulda been a contender,.. 



Receiving muNipie blowa to the t 
and body isn't a plaasant exptrrt 
ence — boxing isn't the sort of sport 
TO take up on a whim, as Line^ 
advise in their packaging. Producing 
an accurate boxing game so that compulor 
owrters can enjo^ the spoft without \h& 
bruises is also sometl^tng the Swiss sott- 
ware bouse doesn't take ffghtlir: The 
ChBTTp is endorsed by the prestigious 
WofW BoKing Council and the Rod*y il^me 
music is officially licensed I 

Once your nanw ha& been entered, 
either Iromi th© keyboard or — if youVe 
played before — from a disk holding the 
name and its associated records, you are 
launched irito a match. If tf^ts is your first 
9ame under thai paniojlar name. yov1l find 
yotirseM in a seedy alleyway — ^though. 
Strangely, three-minute rourt^ aie still 
used, marked by a mysterious unseen 1^11. 
In the beat- em -up tradition, joy slide 
moves, with or without the fire button, pro- 
duce delensive, oftonsive or lateral rrwves. 
Energy bars tor both boxers are suppfe- 
rnented by a round timer and points, award- 
ed for winning rounds, knocking down 1h& 
opponent, and so on. ^ 

iHopefutty your fists won't go unnoticed 
for )ong and a tramer wiii adopt you. The 
first frufts of this are tt^ use of a gym. 
Upward slick moves make you jump whili^ 
skipping, but mistimimg spends you sprawl 
ir^ in a tangte Of rope. The trainer shows 
him$eH fof the sandsack. He punches llie 
sack in combinations of different blows, 
than lets you repeal the sequence. A cor- 
rectly copied blow is shown by a blue light. 
WTorig by a red. Left and right stick moves 
are made In time with your graphic fists 

professional matches, with a proper rJr>g 
anA poitly referee, follow, allowing pnDgress 
up (he world rankings, Ttie ranking table 
can be viewed or reset in-between bouts, 
and & high score table called up. 
Eventually, with many fights under your 
belt, you may find yourself numtier one 



THE CHAMP 



Linel 

contender and gel a shoi ai being World 
Champ. 

Getting to that championship fight Is a lot 
sasber than you'd imagine. First bouts mB 
often ridiculously easy — hali-a-dozen 
killer pur'iches {as the manual calls them) 
and your opponent s fiat out on the floor, He 
instantly springs back up but then one or 
two killers' flatten htm again. This goes on, 
the iToxer sometimes being knodced over a 
dozen limes in the same round, until he 



ory test and skipping seems lo trip you up 
when the computer feels like ii. 

The Champ is enjoyable in as much as 
the masochistic knock-down, spring- up 
tx>xers and sometimes silly movements of 
tfie sprites are laughable ai first. Ultimately, 
playing is a boring: s'ug-out, the two^ayer 
one-on-one bemg httie improvemeni over 
the computer's championship. Something 
of a self-inflicted KO lor Linel? 
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finally runs oul Of energy: a trifle unrealistk:. 
( think you'll agree I 

Once on the prolesslonal circuit things 
toughen up and some skill is required, but 
even tf>en tf>e computer doesn't put up 
much of a fi^ht (sorry) and a little luck is all 
yourwed. 

The training events' are nofriing to write 
home about, although the punchbag ta 
quHe tun. Sandsack Is more a Simon mam- 





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Tfie Introductory sequence wtiere A 
boxing MC announces the game Itien 
The Champ logo appears, acciimpA- 
nied by (h# Rc^y theme, Is probably 
tha best pari of the game. Oe spile flat 
faces, (he boirers look okay and are 
weii-anintated — despite their sirange 
felled-tree falling movement, stranger 
knock*ovef recovery and downright 
stupid victory jump. The ref is a Jolly 
round fella who walks sideways and 
whose cries of 'Boxf . Break!' and 
knock-out counts are cteanly dlgtNted. 
There are also some sampled grunta 
and on»>ns but fo« some reason 
there's ahirays the (extremely repeti- 
tive) sound of machinery in the back- 
ground and an occasional dog bark of « 
car horn. 



OTHEn VERSIONS 

Atari ST version is planned, afthough 
no release dale has t>een fixed. 



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staroth is the name gtwn to TJw 
Ange* of Death, And evw since her 
conception, shes been beni on 
destroying afl in hw way It « your 
. fate. ^ the tHave Ozymandids. to 
entef Ner domain wrthin the catacombs, and 
contr&rn hsf face to lac© However, youf 
mina ts not yet pf&pared tor such an 
encounter On your travel you must pick 
up nine mind poweis wtiich are to be found 
in targe bei tars (see box). With tt>ese you 
can bflMle. ce« lor orfl, againsi the Angel of 
Death. 

Astaroths vicious minions patrol tt>e dank 
caves Waich out lof Jmpaders, Bludgeon 
Beasts, Harp»es and Tortufed Souls {Ihe 
remains ol p-revioys adventurous souls lihe 
yourself). Until you cofteci a m^nd power, its 
best to avoid them (unless you approve of 
ttie brain drain! ^ 

Jump the prolilerating traps, and keep 
kx>K>ng tor mind powgfs thai will gel you 
past ice and stone walls, acid drops, and 
axes and spears which si&a idrop from the 
oeUmS' Once past all ^se obstacles, your 




nine mind powrers really come into use as 
you (ace ypu Final otisiacie -- Asianotti Its 
mind againsi mind, so keep your wiis aboui 
you, As^oth »s certatnly a tough game to 
play, the enemie* take their jote very sen- 
ously and its often very hard to get goirrg 
(even alter a few hour^) We were very split 
on wt>eihef Asiaroit} was original enough to 
^ successtui However, everyone agreed it 
was well programmed and VERY DIFFf* 
CULT! 



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£24.99 

Graphically Astaroih Is terrific, 
Ozymandles is a very smooth charac- 
ter, and Asta roth's minions carry out 
Iheir duties vvilti great zeal. Extremely 
disappointing soundtrack, trylrtg to be 
atmMiriwric'. 



MIND POWERS 

Telekenesls: Move otj^ects with the 

power of your mind 

Pyrokerieilcs; Create fire 

Telepathy: Read othar people's minds 

Shape Shifting; The ability to change 
the shape ot your body 

Levltatlon: Defying the laws of gravity 

Transmigration: Hyperspacing 

Cryokenetics: Freezing objects 

Night Vision: Seeing in the dark 

Meditatton' RelaJtiri^ the body and 
mind to refresh yourself 



OTHER VERSIONS 

An Amiga verslion is imminent. Same 
prtce, same game — same sound) 




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SOFTWARE SNAX 



TIME RUNNER 

Red Rat Sottware ■ Atari ST 
Price TBA (probatily £19.99) 

Teezles areni ciangeroas, we're lold. but 
They are small, yellow, very ugly and very, 
very misdiievous. A gang of them liave 
escaped from ihelr cages and are now hav 
ing a good lirr>e in the Tirrve GOffidOfS 
{which means troubles lor everyone else) 
Enter stage left the very unJIke^ hero ol 
TTme Runner, Captain Crumble — «x-star 
fighter pilot wIto keeps the Time Corridors 
bdy in Ws capacity as Janitor. 

Pausing only to don a jei pack, grab his 
trusty sonic smasher and a Teezle trap, the 
good Captain heads into battle. There are 




SIX Teezles to capture on each level, but the 
danizens of rhis netherworid aren't too 
chuffed at his actions, so as he zipps 
afour>d the various rooms and corridors of 
the Time Zones, ghosts, shulls, skeletons 
and a host of nasty creatures belt him in an 
attempt lo knock down his energy meter 

But whether Captain Crumb^ sav^g the 
Time Coffido<s from the rampaging Teezles 
is a matter o1 how long you can stand play- 
ing ttus slMfHndudng game. Graphicairy 
limis Huraneris good, but the whole shoot 
ing match Is brought to a grinding halt by 
impossibiie character control. Some of the 
gaps Crumble has to squeeze through 
(without touchir>g} are ridiculous, and the 
anr>ount of baddies chasii^ him give Irttle 
chance to surviva their onslaughts. 

|l«chin« rating A^*^ 



G.NIUS 



fnfogrames ■ Atari ST £19.95 

Ahh this IS the lite, sitting with a can of oil 
courrting the robosheep as they leap over 
the laser mesh fence. Oh sofry I was just 
dozing off there, I am G.oius the robocom- 
mander of this interstellar cargo ship on its 
way to trade with alien civilisations, 

What was thtat?. H $oun(ied like an 
Acturan Mega-€lephant breakdancing, Oh 
dear it was worse. A huge asteroid has 



honourable thing and leg it before the damn 
thir^ goes BCOV^ Ur>forturtately various 
Obstades stand between rrve and freedom 
— the maintainance robots ft instance, they 
were quite friendly little chaps yesterday. 
Thay obviously suflered a nasty bang on 
^e t»nce in the cfash because they se«m 
more intent on des^royir^g me tfian filing 
the ship. 

Extra energy, shields and amrrx} can be 
collected by destroying the mamtainance 
robots, tNJt sunwal is the main considera 
tjon so I C^n't stand and rtatter any longer 
as the ship's about to disintegrate. | 

G fifus- is admittedly rattier confusing at | 




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sma;iii*.fd into the side of tfw ship, so 1 have 
programmed the auto pilot to take us to the 
r»aresi pfanet for repairs 

Ah. here we are Looks a bit of a dunnp. 
Never mind, we can't be c^ioosers I sup- 
pose. We're coming in too fast, lire the retro 
rociutG you fool... Well were down I sup- 
ptiM, let's have a teok at the damage. 

The ship s too badly bashed about to do 
wtyS^ about U, %a I'm Qoing to do tfia 



limes (although mappers amor^g you will be 
annoyed to dtscover ^iai putting pen to 
paper is useless because tf>e room layoum 
change from gan^ to game). But a little 
practic» soon sets our robo hero on the 
right path to freedom A game worth corv 
siidering if you kke blasting j^mes requinng 
a bit qI thojght, 

MAcMfw nrtlnt 73*9^ 



BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST 
RODEO GAMES 



TYNESOrr £24.95 « Atari ST 

This is the gamie that soris out the men 
from ttie boy 5- Take part ifi Buftak> Bill's 
own antfKJfogy of wild west tough tests. Six 
eiv»nis must be successfully eKOCUied. and 
ytNir reward being that of fanw and glory, 
Old a high score! 

KNIFE THROWiroa 

You face your beautHul ass'stanl revolving 

on a target. By throwirtg kmves at her you 



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Obtain points. Ttie nearer you throw, (he 
higher your score. (Hitting tier results m her 
death — obvtousiyf) 
THICK SHOOTING 

Consisting o! two sections. Trick SfXKiting 
first sees you shooting targets as they pop 
up from the ground. Avoid hitting innocent 
bystarders as they deduct points The sec 
ond part is much iMa dangerous as you 
shoot tlying iDotHes thrawn Inb the air by a 
(now male) assistant, 
BRONCO RIDINQ 

Here your reputation as a rootin toottn 
cowboy is at stake, so take ahoki of what 
nerve you have left and leap onto the 
■■ tjack How on lor dear life, as Bie 
_; ,.^' Throws you all over the place 



SUPER 

SCRAMBLE 

SIMULATOR 

Gremlin Graphics ■ Spectrum, 

Commodore 64 C9.d9 cass, 
£14.99 tfish 

No, thts isnt a computer reproduction of a 
s«qu&l 10 an tnfamous bomb and laser 
scrolling shoot-'&nnLip (and H c^nainly i^n't 
frofn Co<Je Masters), but a sim of cross 
country niotorcyde trials. Its undoubtedly 
irispiredby BBC TVs K(Cfr5fart programme 
(tTosted by hairy Dave Uee Travis), espe- 
cially as It was created by Stiatin Souttiem. 
author ol C64 Kik Start and Kik Start U. 

As this is a computer game, the oompeti- 
tion you are taking part in is Itie uitiitiate 
ctialieng^ {it always is). IS testing courses 
— arranged into five sets of Itiree — await 








you. with nasty steep slopes and otistactes 
sucfi as bga. cars, water hazards and lor- 
ries. A plan view ot fhe current section oi 
Vhe current course is displayed toward the 
tioflom ot the screen. 

Each course is against a time timit so 
care should to be taken to avoid stalling , 
Precious secxMxls are also tost if the b*e 
laryJs iincorrectly from a jump. 

Immediately itiis is seen as a(nother) 
sequeJ lo Ktk Start same sport, same view- 
point, Ttiere is in fact less vahety of obsta- 
des than m K^ Start II and there's no con- 
struction kit. 

The ability to steer left and right has been 
added — though this has tinle etfecl — and 
Its a simulation in as much as it's possible 



to stall ttie bike, and laiKling incorrectly can 
damage suspension. The benelifs ol this 
dep>ends on your potnt of view. The game 
isn't all-out race and jump [it would be a )ott 
and a shudder if you inedj but the restraint 
of driving the bike carefully and properly 
can have its own rewards 

On the Amstrad the biker hunches over 
tils small-wh^ed cycle and trundles along 
a juddery-scrolling course. Detail is ade- 
quate if a intle sparing, but piay elements 
{bike, rider, scenery) are each in two 
colours — tieTter than monochrome but fair 
ly btand. A boppy 
numi^r plays qn the 
title screens but In- 
game sound Is the 
usual engine drone. 

In a similar awk^ 
ward position, the 
Spectrum rider and 
whole playing a^ea 
are in the same two 
colours, but scrolling 
is smooth ar>d anima- 
tion IS quite realistic in 
the way the biker 
bobs around as he 
passes Over obstacles 
and bumps. Jingles 
(usually of condo- 
lence) break the 
silence. 

A bit btodty and 
wfiite on the C64, itie bike and its rider are 
adequately drawn, and thougfi the oolqurs 
are gaudy, bushes are well shaded, 
Scrdting's fine but the title music drones on 

— though not in sucb an irritating manner 
as ttie jingles af>d engine noises. 

Gameplay requires too much discipline 

— and has too iiffle fun — for miost people, 
but if the kJea appeais to you. try before 
you buy. Atari ST and Amiga (El 9.99) ver- 
sions will loiiow {provided they don't stall, 
land on their front wtteel, hit an obstacle, 
run out of time...) 

Machlf>» ratings: AmMrad 40^!^ 
ComiTiQdors f»4 5 -I *^ 
Sp«ctruin 5S*^^ 




STAGE COACH 

Once out oi hospiial you hear that the stage 
coach is t>air>g attacked by indians, so you 
race to the rescue. Watch out tor ttve lug- 
gage being ihrown off the coach by a very 
unobliging mdian, ihen clamber on tK>ard, A 
good punch in the face is what that darned 



Indian desen^s, and you must dish out 
what s due 
CALF ROPING 

TaKe your lasso in one hand and aim pre- 
cisely to get the calf under your control. 
STEER WRESTLING 

The tinal event is ttie toughest ot all. Tame 
ttiat anarchk; animal and become the won- 
der of ihe west 

Graphically and sonically Buftak> Bill's Wild 
West Rodeo Show is very good, especially 
on the sialic displays between events. 
Tho50 of you wtio have ever dreamed of 
being a cowboy shoukj try this game, but 
watcti out for tftemi varmits. 

Machine rating 82^^ 



THE ZZAP! SIZZLERS 
COLLECTION: VOL I 

us Gold/ZZAP! ■ Commodore 
64. £12.99 cass, £14,99 (]jsk 

The nammg of this five game oorrpilalion is 
a little deceptive as our $tsler magazine 
didn I awan:! Sahmon's Key a Siz^ier. 
a!tfxM>sh it stilt stands as a great arcade 
puzzle game As a wi?and. you have to ooi 
{ect treasure as you make your way 
through a maze of cav^ns, magical^ form 
ing and destroying Nocks and avoiding 
monsters. 

Impossible Mission H aoain has Agent 
4125' @}<plorlng rooms lor clues and codes, 
avoiding various types ol robot and hoping 
to preveni Ejvin Atombender from world 
domlnatk>n. For a more reiaxing time, the 
sun beats down while competitors p^ay in 
the siK -event CaiiiorniB Games, involving 
such pastimes as surfing. Frisbee throwing, 
and BMX racing, The fantastic play ability ol 
Capcom's shooting, swinging coin op is 
reproduced nicety in Btonic Corprrrando, 
where a cyborg hero must fight through five 
soldier Infesled levels. 

Finally, Dropzofre is another misfit — it 
was awarded a Gold Medal, and rightly so 
Tl>e jet-packing spnte patrols the suriaceot 
Mars's moon, lo, saving scientists while 
lighting oH waves ot aliens. Inspired by 
coin ops Siargate and Detmder. 
Dropj[orw is a fast, furious and thoroughly 
addictive blaster that no ComnKidore 
owner should be without. 

This package is good value Just on the 
strength of Bior^ic CommarMto and 
Drop^one. but together with the other three 
high quality games, ZZAPi Siz^lefs is a 
compilaiion well worth anybody's money 
Machine rating &A*¥v WL 



THE CRASH SMASH 
COLLECTION: VOL I 

us Gold/CRASH m Spectrum 
E12.99cass, £17.99 disk 

Like ZZAFf Stizlers, CRASH Smash&s 
isn't exactly accurate 720 — the fab Alan 
skatetx>ard coinop — wasn t a Smash, but 
it deserves to be here. 

Bionic Commsrjdo, from the Capcom 
coin-op, is an extremely addictive plaifarf 
game. Equipped with your bionic arm, you 
must climb to the top ot each level m s 
tx3pe to advance. Great graphics and very 
playable. 

Spy HofJtffr, from jhe S^ga ooift-Qp, is a 
classic not lo be missed. Jump in your car 
viewed from above, and race through iar 1 
and water blasting al) and- sundry. 

Next comes impossibi^ Misston II More 
super graphics, with excellieni anirrtattor 
The game'fi very tough, a real chaltenge icf 
puzzle fans. And rir^ally we travel to snoA > 
slopes and prepare for pienty ol wnst acti«» 
in Wmt&r Games. With a doubts loa(tot on 
48K machines, its tough to decide which 
four of the eight to play. All the games may 
be old. but they're all real dassics, A super 
compilation — great value for money, 
Madilne updat* d2<^ MC 



TGM 1X021:8-89 113 




■ DAVID CRANE SPEAKS 

After years of silance, ihe programmer of probably 
the BEST-SELLING computer game EVER, 
Ghostbusters, speaks in an exclusive interview to 
TGM. David Crane talks to us about everything 
imaginable, plus a few plugs and pictures for his lat- 
est game entitled Ths Boy and his Btob. An inter- 
view NOT to be missed... 

PLUS, in Centre Bytes 

■ EMULATION 

Ever wanted a Macintosh but could only afford an 
Amiga? Ever wanted the massive software support 
of the IBM PC without forsaking your STs MIDI 
ports? Since the dawn of lime, every computer has 
had its pros and cons but now — thanks to the 
Centre Bytes investigative team — we solve all 



those urges to buy another machine by revealing all 
about the world of emulation. 

■ TGM GUIDE TO DIGITISING 

Without a hint of He'Wra/ser anywhere the Centre 
Bytes crew take to the TGM Labs for the definitive 

guide to getting video and TV pictures pixeiated. 
This month was just the tip of the icetierg... 

■ COMPUTER SYSTEMS GUIDE 

It's back. After many many requests from readers, 
the TGM Guide to Computers returns. All Ihe specifi- 
cations on all the popular and not so popular, com- 
puters available today in the UK. 



All this, plus the usual up-to^ate news, reviews and 
previews, and much much more in the next issue of 
The Games Machine. 
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